by Totoya HOKKEI (1780–1850) Signature: Hokkei Date: c. 1820s-mid 1830s Condition: good impression, colors slightly faded, some soiling and rubbing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size shishikiban (19,9 x 17,9 cm)

Series: Haru no iwato (The Cave Door of Spring) Signature: Hokkei Date: 1820s Condition: excellent impression with embossing, colors slightly faded, album backing, faint creases Original Japanese Woodblock Print: Left piece of a pentaptych, Size shishikiban (21 x 18,4 cm)

Series: Fundarike jūsanban no uchi kai tsukushi (A Series of Shell Images for the Poets Club Fundarike) Signature: Hokkei Date: 1821 Poems: Light: Poem by Asahi Ujukata: Haru no hi no / nakagi mo kata ni / wasurete wa / kaeru shihonaku / miyuru otome wa. (On a day in spring, don’t forget yourself and stay too long on the beach and find no beach for return like these searching maidens. Middle: Poem by Asahi Machiuo: Shiohigata / chirasujigai ya / kaioke no / Futamigaura ni / asobu taoyame. (Girls amuse themselves by the Bay of Double Views, the tidal basin littered with seashells and with shell baskets.) Left: Poem by Asahi Sashiyasu: Taoyame no / hirou hoshigata wa / ustukushiki / hamagurizuma mo / miyuru Shibaura. (How lovely the beach where the maidens brave the tide and gather seashells - Shibaura, a sight to see, with all its clams and pretty girls.) Original Japanese Woodblock Print