HOKKEI (1780-1850). Fujiwara Akiko (Sold)
Artist:
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Subject:
Fujiwara Akiko wife of Emperor Ichijō (980-1027).
Series:
Shōshikai Bantsuzuki (A gathering of the Elders of Poetry).
Signature:
Hokkei
Date:
ca. 1820
Publisher:
Privately published.
Size:
Surimono shikishiban, 20,5x18,4 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
Another example in the Rijksmuseum is illustrated in Charlotte van Rappard-Boon. Surimono Poetry & Image in Japanese Prints. Amsterdam 2000, no. 113
Remarks:
Another impression is in Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, no.1933.4.1925.
Conditions:
Very good impression and colour, slightly trimmed on top and slightly rubbed otherwise in good conditions.
Item no:
D 146
Status:
Sold