Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | The complete set of The Five Buddhist Precepts (Gokai) | Edo period, 19th century
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
The complete set of The Five Buddhist Precepts (Gokai)
Edo period, 19th century
the complete set of five woodblock prints, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, from the series The Five Buddhist Precepts (Gokai), four signed Hokkei hitsu (Brush of Hokkei), one signed Hokkei, privately issued; each with collector’s seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:
- Consumption of Alcohol, Prohibited by One of the Buddhist Precepts (Onju)
- Falsehood, Prohibited by One of the Buddhist Precepts (Mogo)
- Adultery and Lewdness, Prohibited by One of the Buddhist Precepts (Jain)
- Destruction of Life, Prohibited by One of the Buddhist Precepts (Sessho)
- Theft and Robbery, Prohibited by One of the Buddhist Precepts (Chuto)
Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 21 x 18 cm., 8¼ x 7⅛ in.
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), Ensemble complet des cinq préceptes bouddhiques, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), nos. 96-100.
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), pp. 78-79, nos. 2-59-2-63.
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection], exhibited at the following venues:
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Osaka, 27th December 1990 - 8th January 1991
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ginza, 24th - 29th January 1991
Another impression of ‘Adultery and Lewdness’ is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, accession number RP-P-1958-585.
