34. HOKKEI (1780-1850). Fujisawa. (Sold)
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
View of Mount Fuji from Fujisawa on the coast of Sagami Bay.
Two peddlers with baskets of shōro (truffles) on their backs stopped
in front of a tea stall where a maid hands them a ledger with one
hand and holds a tray with the other. Her apron and head scarf are
decorated with a reverse swastika, the emblem of the Manji-ren.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,7x18 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poems by Bunshitsu Moromichi and Shinsetsutei Satohito
Title: Fujisawa
From the series A Record of a Journey to Enoshima (Enoshima kikō),
a series of sixteen surimono including landscapes and still-life
celebrating Enoshima, the famous island with temple and shrine
associated with the goddess Benten
Privately published by the Manji-ren circle of poets
1833, year of the snake
Another impression is illustrated, described and the poems
translated in Carpenter. Reading Surimono, no. 127.
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 34.
Fine impression and colour, very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 308
View of Mount Fuji from Fujisawa on the coast of Sagami Bay.
Two peddlers with baskets of shōro (truffles) on their backs stopped
in front of a tea stall where a maid hands them a ledger with one
hand and holds a tray with the other. Her apron and head scarf are
decorated with a reverse swastika, the emblem of the Manji-ren.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,7x18 cm
Signed: Hokkei
Poems by Bunshitsu Moromichi and Shinsetsutei Satohito
Title: Fujisawa
From the series A Record of a Journey to Enoshima (Enoshima kikō),
a series of sixteen surimono including landscapes and still-life
celebrating Enoshima, the famous island with temple and shrine
associated with the goddess Benten
Privately published by the Manji-ren circle of poets
1833, year of the snake
Another impression is illustrated, described and the poems
translated in Carpenter. Reading Surimono, no. 127.
Another example is in the New York Public Library no. 114093.2
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 34.
Fine impression and colour, very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 308