63. HOKKEI (1760-1849). Kyōka gojūnin isshu

TOTOYA HOKKEI  (1780-1850)

Kyōka gojūnin isshu
One volume, complete, 26,5x18,5 cm
Edited by Rokujuen Meshimori
Compiled by Nanboku Rokkyokuen
1819

A large-format woodblock printed book with a gallery of fifty portraits of amateur 
kyōka poets. Each portrait is accompanied by a poem in strong calligraphy and
a short biographical note.
Including also thirty-six small size portraits on six pages.
Edited by Rokujuen Meshimori (Ishikawa Masamochi 1753-1830) founder
of the Go-gawa poetry group.
Colophon dated Bunsei 2 (1819).

Collation as in Forrer et al. Hokusai and his school, no. 71
and in Kerlen Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books, no. 983

lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 63.

Good impression, some final pages repaired on margins, in general good condition

Price: Euro 2500

Status: Available




Item: MHS 11