Mimasu Fukurokuju, by Totoya Hokkei

An image of Mimasu Fukurokuju. Hokkei, Totoya (Japanese, 1780-1850). Surimono, left-hand sheet of a diptych. Colour woodblock print with blind-embossing and metallic pigments. c.1825. Signed Aoigaka Hokkei, circa 1825. Ukiyo-e. Notes: Two dancing karako (Chinese boys). The missing right-hand sheet of this diptych shows Hotei, who is watching the boys dance, holding an umpire’s fan with the symbol of the Gogawa poetry group. The border is composed of three patterns, including the Mimasu of the title, all of which are symbols of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûro VII. The surimono was probably commissioned by a patron or fan of the actor, as he was closely associated with the Gogawa group.

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Mimasu Fukurokuju. Hokkei, Totoya (Japanese, 1780-1850). Surimono, left-hand sheet of a diptych. Colour woodblock print with blind-embossing and metallic pigments. c.1825. Signed Aoigaka Hokkei, circa 1825. Ukiyo-e. Notes: Two dancing karako (Chinese boys). The missing right-hand sheet of this diptych shows Hotei, who is watching the boys dance, holding an umpire’s fan with the symbol of the Gogawa poetry group. The border is composed of three patterns, including the Mimasu of the title, all of which are symbols of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûro VII. The surimono was probably commissioned by a patron or fan of the actor, as he was closely associated with the Gogawa group.

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Accession Number: P.367-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 942 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.96MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2018:10:24 16:32:53

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19th Century blind embossing boys children Chinese colour printing dance dancers dancing diptych embossed embossing Fitz_PDP gofun Japanese karako karazuri male metallic pigment pigment playful playing print surimono Totoya Hokkei ukiyo-e woodblock woodcut

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