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A FERRYBOAT
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TOTOYA HOKKEI
(1780- 1850)
A FERRYBOAT

Colour woodblock print, shikishiban surimono. Signed Hokkei. Two poems on the top.
Very impression with golden powder, partly retained, and karazuri. See here a detail of the karazuri. A wormhole restored on the right, light backing. Generally in good condition 205 x 186 mm.

Hokkei was one of Hokusai's first and best-known students; he worked in a variety of styles and genres and produced a large body of work in prints, book illustrations, and paintings. He was at first a fishmonger before studying with a branch of the Kan? school of painting. Later he became one of Hokusai's first students. During his peak period in the 1820s and 1830s he produced a large number of prints, mainly surimono, and book illustrations. Between his pupils also Yashima Gakutei stands out as a fine designer of surimono.