Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. An original painting by Hokkei, full colour on silk, 41.5 x 19.25 in; 105.5 x 49 cms. Hokkei was one of the earliest and best pupils of Hokusai. Probably best known for his large output of surimono, but also produced illustrated books and paintings. Shows a beauty fulling […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. An original painting, full colour with gold outline to robe, 32 x 10.75 in; 81.3 x 27.3 cms, on silk. Shows a beauty erotically biting on her hand towel (tenugui) while on the way to a public bath house. This gesture represented deep emotion. Hokkei was one of […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A still life surimono showing a right-eye flounder or flatfish, Karei, and a red bream, kaneme-tai. And small unidentified vegetables. Provenance: A slip from a catalogue on the back indicates that it comes from a Paris sale, probably early 20th century describing it as Limande et dorade. Hokkei […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing the Japanese Buddhist goddess Benten, as always with her lute, and a monkey and rat holding a scroll showing the short months (2,4,7,9,12) for the Rat year, 1828. Benten (Hindu: Saraswati) originates from India via China. She is also one of the Seven Gods of […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. Hokkei, a pupil of Hokusai, is best known for his fine surimono. This rather enigmatic example shows an ox being led by a farmer and his son. There appears to be a festival element in the headgear. Presumably issued for the Ox year (1829). The poetry club logo, […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850) (Attrib. to.)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing a new year’s throng of musicians, a monkey trainer, a samurai and children with a large kite. Possibly one sheet of a diptych or triptych. A beautiful example of the art of the surimono. Rare. Superb impression. Fine colour with extensive silver, gold and […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing the god Sarutahiko with a rooster and hen. The second sheet from a 5-sheet set: Haru no iwato, “The Boulder of Spring” referring to the rock placed by the sun goddess over the entrance to the cave she hid in thereby depriving the world of […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. Originally a fishmonger (hence the go Totoya). Studied painting under Kano Yosen’in and then became one of Hokusai’s best pupils. Produced excellent surimono such as here showing a sumptuously attired courtesan representing Kyoto from a set of three surimono Sangoku-shi no toen ketsugi, a History of the Three […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing two beauties by the pond at Tsunowazu Kumano Shrine in Yotsuya. The title is: Yotsuya Juniso, referring to the twelve shrines at Tsunowazu in Yotsuya. The poem on the large stone is by Shibanoya and refers to the peacefulness of the place with the willows […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing the poetess Kiyogaki standing on Mukaigaoka Hill overlooking a frozen Shinobazu Pond with the shrine of Benten. (And since the snake was the messenger of Benten, this print was probably issued for Snake Year 1833.) Two poems by Tojuen Kiyogaki and Yayoian. Fine impression […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono from a set Onkyoku zukushi, “An Array of Songs.” In the cartouche, top right, on the right, is Tokiwazu (a school of vocal music featuring the 3-stringed shamisen), and on the left the title of the musical piece illustrated here, which is Oimatsu, “Old Pine Tree,” […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing an unidentified fish – possibly a flying fish and carnations. An apparently unrecorded surimono. A pupil of Hokusai, Hokkei’s oeuvre was almost entirely in this genre, apart from illustrating ehon. Very good impression and colour. Slight crease, otherwise very good condition. Signed Hokkei. […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. An uncut large surimono with the poems attached showing a rustic bridge in a country setting. Geese flying above. Published c 1810s. Provenance: Ex Samuel Tuke collection, seal centre left. Tuke was a member of the Japan Society of London and many of his prints went to the […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing three overlapping fans. The top fan shows the first sunrise of the new year behind a shachi on a castle roof. Usually called dolphins, they in fact had the head of a tiger and body of a carp. The second shows a court lady and […]
Yashima GAKUTEI (1786-1868) and Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. Two vols. kyoka books complete: Ressen retsujo gazoshu, a “Collection of the Portraits of Immortal Men and Women.” Twenty eight portraits of Chinese hermits and twenty one portraits of celebrated women in Japanese history. Being a selection of kyoka presented at the meetimg held at Kawachiya of Yanagibashi […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A fisherman with a scoop and net seemingly trying to catch the moon’s reflection. One of an excessively rare chuban series with title Toshi gafu no uchi, “Drawing Album for Chinese Poems” printed in red, and sub-title Toshin denshi. Printed in tones of blue except for a light […]
Totoya HOKKEI ( 1780-1850 )
Click here to view image full size. A mounted sage followed by his servant crossing a bridge over a lake. One of an excessively rare chuban series with title Toshi gafu no uchi, “Drawing Album for Chinese Poems” printed in red, and sub-title Toshin denshi. Printed in tones of blue except for a light flush […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780 – 1850)
Click here to view image full size. The Dragon King, Ryu-jin, presenting the tide-ruling jewels Nanjiu and Kanjiu. In Japanese folklore he ruled the sea and inhabited a spectacular castle in the depths of the ocean. Fine impression and colour with extensive gold and silver. Minimal edge soil. Signed Hokkei. Status: Sold
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. Two swallows diving above a stream from a set Sanju-roku tori zukushi, “A Series of Thirty-six Birds and Animals”. The title in the shape of a rolled makimono top right. A takaramono printed in gold on blue with good luck symbols runs along the top. Produced for the […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A deer with her fawn from a set Sanju-roku tori zukushi, “A Series of Thirty-six Birds and Animals”. The title in the shape of a rolled makimono top right. A takaramono printed in gold on blue with good luck symbols runs along the top. Produced for the Shipporen […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A rare surimono with title: Enoshima kiko, Ryudo, “Record of a Journey to Enoshima”. A set of sixteen prints for the Manji-ren Club ( their swastika seal top right above title cartouche ). Each surimono has an association with Enoshima, as here, where the year of issue is […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A rare surimono showing a tea-house on an inlet. A couple are being entertained by a waitress in an open room while another goes to collect fish from a man holding a fish-scoop. The shop sign indicates a magnificent view of Kanto ( the provinces situated east of […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. Shows a Shinto priest carrying a firebrand and running to avoid a large wave. In his left hand he carries me, an edible seaweed which he has gathered. This ritual was carried out at night on New Year’s Eve at the Hayatomo Myojin Shrine, in northern Kyushu. The […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780 – 1850)
Click here to view image full size. A surimono showing a courtesan with attendant holding a kite with an image of Danjuro in a shibaraku role. Title: Haru no machi, “The Series of Spring Town”. Issued by the Fundarikaren Club. Their emblem is repeated on the cloth sack the attendant carries on his back. Rare: […]
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A young beauty holding a fallen kite from a series: Yanagi bantsuzuki “A Series of Willows”, sub-title: Yanagi yu “The Public Bath Willow”. Fine impression and colour. Slight signs of mounting au verso, otherwise good condition. Signed Go Hokkei. Status: Sold
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A dragon emerging from dark clouds. An extremely rare surimono; the few other known examples being trimmed. Fine impression, very good colour and condition. Signed Hokkei. Status: Sold
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. A langoustine and fish. An extremely rare surimono designed for the Gogawa Club (seal top right) and produced by Shunman sei. Very good impression, colour and condition with blind-printing on fish. Signed Hokkei sha. Status: Sold
Totoya HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Click here to view image full size. An exceptionally rare surimono showing salt gatherers on a beach, their huts behind them and Mount Fuji towering over the horizon. Published c 1820s. I cannot, at the moment, locate another impression. Fine impression with gold clouds and Fuji heavily blind-printed. Fine colour. Minimal soil, otherwise very good […]