TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

A Japanese surimono woodblock print, after a design by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), depicting a snake ensnaring two melons in a box, from the series Washo Kurabe (Comparison of Japanese Books), with slight embossing and a poem above, signed and with a red seal mark, shikishiban, 21.7cm x 18cm.

Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.