Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | Two impressions of Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialties of Mizuno in Imado | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Two impressions of Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialties of Mizuno in Imado
Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, surimono, with embossing, from the series Famous Products of Edo, Produced by Shunman (Edo meibutsu, Shunman sei), signed Hokkei sha (sketched by Hokkei), privately issued for the Gogawa Poetry Circle (Gogawa-ren), the first, circa 1810s; with collectors’ seals of Henri Vever and Gerhard Pulverer; the second Meiji period, late 19th century
Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 20 x 18.1 cm., 7⅞ x 7⅛ in.
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), Deux impressions de tuiles et de moineaux, époque Edo - Meiji, XIXe siècle
Henri Vever (1854-1942) (the first)
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March 1974, Lot 340 (the first)
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. 356-57.
It appears that Shunman oversaw the production of this private commission by the Gogawa Poetry Circle, ensuring the high quality he was known for.
