Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) | Two surimono from the series Meng Qui (Mogyu) | Edo period, 19th century

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

Two surimono from the series Meng Qui (Mogyu)

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, from the series Meng Qiu (Mogyu), signed Hokkei, privately issued for the Flower Garden Poetry Circle (Hanazono-ren), circa 1820, both with collector’s seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:

- Descending from clouds

- Figure under parasol, poem by Nantei

Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 20.6 x 18.2 cm., 8⅛ x 7¼ in.

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), Deux surimono de la série Meng Qui, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

Hokkei designed at least two series for the Flower Garden Poetry Circle in the 1820s, with subjects taken from Japanese and Chinese history.

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