KAMIMURA GALLERY
Item #512
#512
Japanese woodblock Surimono print by HOKKEI (1780-1850).
Title: Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety for the Seven Treasures Circle. (Shipporen Nijushiko).
gOkimono stroking ox on three-thick Zabutonh.
(The idea was that a wish was made while stroking the ox. If the wish was fulfilled, then another cushion was added. Three successful wishes here)
Poem by Fukuhantei Hisahei and Fukusaiya
Signature: Go Hokkei
Printed date: 1829 (year of Ox)
Size: Shikishi-ban, 17.5 cm X 20.9 cm
Condition: Good impression and colours, slightly creased and a light water stain at the right lower area.
Price: U.S.$1,500.
close up of the flowers