43. HOKKEI (1780-1850). A Lady with box of cards. (Sold)
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
A lady is seated with a box of poem cards nearby. Her hairstyle and
dress are those from the Genroku Period of the late seventeenth
century. The artist’s signature, Hokkei mo (copied by Hokkei) and the
vertical panel in the upper right corner, indicate that this design is
copied from a painting by Hishikawa Moronobu (1618-1694), the
pioneer master of the ukiyo-e school. Hokkei must have had a special
admiration for his work producing a few surimono that imitate his
style.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x18,2 cm
Signed: Hokkei mo, artist’s seal Fusenkyo
Poem by Ganjōtei Shirataka
Title: Picture by Ishikawa Moronobu (Hishikawa Moronobu zu)
Privately published
c. 1830
Provenance: Mme F. Langweil, Paris
Another impression is in the Chester Beatty Library, no. J 2128,
illustrated with the translation of the poem in Keyes. The Art of
Surimono, no. 136.
Other examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. E.3769-
1916, and New York Public Library, no. 114093.2.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 43.
Very good impression and colour, faint trace of foxing on the yellow background
Status: Sold
Item: D 390
A lady is seated with a box of poem cards nearby. Her hairstyle and
dress are those from the Genroku Period of the late seventeenth
century. The artist’s signature, Hokkei mo (copied by Hokkei) and the
vertical panel in the upper right corner, indicate that this design is
copied from a painting by Hishikawa Moronobu (1618-1694), the
pioneer master of the ukiyo-e school. Hokkei must have had a special
admiration for his work producing a few surimono that imitate his
style.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x18,2 cm
Signed: Hokkei mo, artist’s seal Fusenkyo
Poem by Ganjōtei Shirataka
Title: Picture by Ishikawa Moronobu (Hishikawa Moronobu zu)
Privately published
c. 1830
Provenance: Mme F. Langweil, Paris
Another impression is in the Chester Beatty Library, no. J 2128,
illustrated with the translation of the poem in Keyes. The Art of
Surimono, no. 136.
Other examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. E.3769-
1916, and New York Public Library, no. 114093.2.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 43.
Very good impression and colour, faint trace of foxing on the yellow background
Status: Sold
Item: D 390