HOKKEI (1780-1850). Two dancers. (Sold)
Artist:
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Subject:
Two dancers holding a hobby horse (Harugoma odori).
Signature:
Ōju Hokkei hitsu
Date:
Probably published in 1822, a horse year.
Publisher:
Privately published for a circle of poets. Two poems by Kenchōtei Fusako.
Size:
Surimono shikishiban, 21,3x18,4 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
This impression is illustrated in Geneviève Aitken et al. Surimono Trésors de l'estampe japonaise. Paris 2019, p. 104.
Conditions:
Good impression and colours, light backing.
Item no:
D 139
Status:
Sold