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Armor and a handscroll painting


Totoya Hokkei, Armor and a handscroll painting, late 1820s, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.705

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Title

Armor and a handscroll painting

Related Titles

original language; descriptive: 甲冑に元禄美人絵

Artist

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

Date

late 1820s

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; surimono

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 83

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 7 1/8 in x 7 13/16 in; sheet: 8 9/16 in x 7 3/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper middle Transliteration (Translation): Fukkeishi Kikunari // Kimigayo o iwaite // ume no hatsuharu ni // hiraku yoroi ya hana no hi-odoshi (The plum celebrates the glorious imperial reign in early spring by blossoms opening up the armor with bright red bindings [by] Fukkeishi Kikunari) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukkeishi Kikunari. Translation from Graybill 2011.

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Fukkien Fumiaki // Katsuiro o misetaru // ume ni otoraji to hiraku // yoroi no kozakura-odoshi (The plum, showing its fighting colors, will not lose out to “cherry” bindings of the armor on display [by] Fukkien Fumiaki) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukkien Fumiaki. Translation from Graybill 2011.

signature: 呉北渓, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration: Go Hokkei Language: Japanese

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Fukuhara Shigesuke // Osamareru miyo no haru ni mo osanae no // gusoku hiraite iwau mononofu (Even in the peaceful reign of this emperor a warrior celebrates spring by bringing out armor to display as an offering [by] Fukuhara Shigesuke) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukuhara Shigesuke. Translation from Graybill 2011.

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.705

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

musha-e

relief printing

relief prints

surimono

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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