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The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) Wall Art
ART BY: Totoya Hokkei
The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) Wall Art
ART BY: Totoya Hokkei
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The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) is a color woodblock print; shikishiban surimono by Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850), dated Early 1830s. The artist is catalogued as Japanese. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Art Institute of Chicago, and the file offered here measures 2478 × 2760 px (1.7 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Japanese (culture or style), in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 195 works by Totoya Hokkei, a Japanese artist.
Totoya Hokkei was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style. Hokkei was one of Hokusai's first and best-known students and worked in a variety of styles and genres and produced a large body of work in prints, book illustrations, and paintings.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Totoya Hokkei →
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