TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1821
Edo period (1615-1868), 1821
A surimono shikishiban New Year print of pieces of yokan (red bean sweets), aruhei (modelled sugar sweets) in a giyaman glass bowl, a paper-wrapped yokan sealed kanoto mi (a Snake Year, 1821), a giyaman glass bowl and a paper-wrapped yokan with gauffrage, poems by Shinshuntei Nakazumi, Gochikuken Chiyomaru, and Shinratei Manzo, signed Hokkei
8 x 7 1/8in (20.4 x 18cm)
Published:
Roger Keyes, The Art of Surimono, London, Sotheby Publications, 1985, cat. no. 113
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Edo period (1615-1868), 1821
Edo period (1615-1868), 1821
A surimono shikishiban New Year print of pieces of yokan (red bean sweets), aruhei (modelled sugar sweets) in a giyaman glass bowl, a paper-wrapped yokan sealed kanoto mi (a Snake Year, 1821), a giyaman glass bowl and a paper-wrapped yokan with gauffrage, poems by Shinshuntei Nakazumi, Gochikuken Chiyomaru, and Shinratei Manzo, signed Hokkei
8 x 7 1/8in (20.4 x 18cm)
Published:
Roger Keyes, The Art of Surimono, London, Sotheby Publications, 1985, cat. no. 113