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AOIGAOKA KEISEI AND TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850) 6028
Edo period (1615-1868), 1820s-1830s
Three shikishiban surimono prints: a top sheet of an upright diptych 6029
depicting the goddess Benzaiten appearing to Hojo Tokimasa at
Enoshima, with a poem by Rogetsuan Umekage, circa 1832-33,
signed Keisei; Kori (the Chinese general Li Guangli) releasing fresh
water from a rock, from the series Mogyu (Meng giu [A Child Asked,
a 9th-century Chinese encyclopedia]), with a poem by Tsunenoya
Atsumaru, circa 1821, signed and sealed Hokkei, and with poetry
group mark of Hanazonoren; and Uyauyashi (Reverence) from the
series Kogentei juhachiban-tsuzuki (18 illustrations for a Ladder to the
Ancient Language), two shrine servants receiving New Year's offerings
from farmers and fishermen, with three poems, circa 1831, signed
Hokkei [3]
8 5/8 x 7 1/8in (21.8 x 18.2cm)
8 1/4 x 7 1/4in (20.8 x 18.4cm)
8 x 6 3/4in (20.3 x 17.1cm)

US$1,200 - 1,800

For another impression of the first, see Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
inv. no. 11.20644 [bottom sheet: http://www.mfa.org/collections/
object/the-goddess-benzaiten-appears-to-h%C3%B4j%C3%B4-
tokimasa-at-enoshima-212693].
Another impression of the second and discussion of this series is
published in John T. Carpenter, ed., Reading Surimono: The Interplay
of Text and Image in Japanese Prints, Leiden and Zurich: Hotei
Publishing in association with Museum Rietberg Zürich, 2008, p. 211,
no. 82

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TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850) AND YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU
(1787-1833)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1820s
Two shikishiban surimono prints: the first entitled Kisohajimeyoshi (It Is
Good to Wear New Clothes) from the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (A
Series for the Hanazono Circle), with poems by Ryusuitei Sodezumi
and Senryutei, circa 1822-24, signed Hokkei; the second print of
Sayohime thwarting an attacker, from the series Sanyafu (Three Strong
Women), with poems by Hana[ ]tei Chocho and another, signed
Yanagawa Shigenobu
8 1/8 x 7 1/8in (20.7 x 18.2cm)
8 1/2 x 7 1/8in (21.5 x 18.3cm)

US$900 - 1,200

For another impression of the first with additional information, see
Matthi Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden, Hotei
Publishing, 2013, p. 161, no.296 and
Roger Keyes, The Art of Surimono, Privately Published Japanese
Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin,
London, Sotheby, 1985, p.153, no. 120.
Another impression of the second is in the collection of the Harvard
University Art Museums, inv. no. 1933.4.1446.

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TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830s
A shikishiban surimono print of Benzaiten, Goddess of Fortune and
Music, appearing to Taira no Kiyomori, with poems by Raikyutei
Kazutaka, Hinanoya Shunshi/Haruko and Yayoian Hinamaru; signed
Hokkei
8 3/8 x 7 1/8in (21.2 x 18.1cm)

US$1,500 - 2,500

Another impression is in the collection of the Harvard University Art
Museums, inv. no. 1933.4.1917

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