53. HOKKEI (1780-1850). The painter Godoshi. (Sold)
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
The Chinese painter Wu Daozi (J: Godoshi) sits on a stool in front of a
painting stretched on frame. He holds two brushes in one hand
while finishing a portrait of Zhong Kui, a legendary figure known in
Japan as Shōki, the demon queller. In Japan the painting of Shōki in
red colour was believed to protect from smallpox.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,9x18,4 cm
Signed: Aoigaoka Hokkei
Poems by Ryūjūen Chiyonari, Ryushūen Mizuki, Ryūjūen Karaki
from Mino, Kurose and Tatsunoya from Biyo
Title: Wu Daozi
From the series Four Friends of the Writing Table in the Year of the Water
Goat (Mizunoto hitsuji Bunbō shiyu).
The series’s title refers to the scholar’s writing utensils: brush, ink,
paper and ink stone.
1823, year of the goat
Other impressions are illustrated in Polster. Surimono: Prints by Elbow,
no. 150 and Schmidt and Kuwabara. Surimono. Kostbare Japanische
Farbholzschnitte, no. 27.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 53.
Fine impression and colour with extensive use of metallic pigments
Status: Sold
Item: D 348
The Chinese painter Wu Daozi (J: Godoshi) sits on a stool in front of a
painting stretched on frame. He holds two brushes in one hand
while finishing a portrait of Zhong Kui, a legendary figure known in
Japan as Shōki, the demon queller. In Japan the painting of Shōki in
red colour was believed to protect from smallpox.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,9x18,4 cm
Signed: Aoigaoka Hokkei
Poems by Ryūjūen Chiyonari, Ryushūen Mizuki, Ryūjūen Karaki
from Mino, Kurose and Tatsunoya from Biyo
Title: Wu Daozi
From the series Four Friends of the Writing Table in the Year of the Water
Goat (Mizunoto hitsuji Bunbō shiyu).
The series’s title refers to the scholar’s writing utensils: brush, ink,
paper and ink stone.
1823, year of the goat
Other impressions are illustrated in Polster. Surimono: Prints by Elbow,
no. 150 and Schmidt and Kuwabara. Surimono. Kostbare Japanische
Farbholzschnitte, no. 27.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 53.
Fine impression and colour with extensive use of metallic pigments
Status: Sold
Item: D 348