Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | Three different impressions of Wood: Lu Zhishen (Ki, Rochishin) | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

Three different impressions of Wood: Lu Zhishen (Ki, Rochishin)

Edo - Meiji period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, surimono, the first two embellished with metallic pigments, all with embossing, from The Five Elements and the Heroes of the Water Margin (Suiko gogyo), each signed Go Hokkei, privately issued for the Shippo Poetry Circle (Shippo-ren), the first circa 1826, with kyoka [lit. mad verse] poem by Ryutoen Baikai; the second circa 1826 with poem by Kachoya Noriyasu from Shigaraki, Omi Province; the third a Meiji reprint, circa 1890s with poem by Kachoya Noriyasu; first and second with collector’s seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 21 x 18.2 cm., 8¼ x 7⅛ in.

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), Trois impressions différentes de bois : Lu Zhishen, époque Edo - Meiji, XIXe siècle