A Good Time to Take the First Bath (Yudono hajime yoshi), from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)

「花園番続　ゆとのはしめよし」

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1824 (Bunsei 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line General Funds

Accession Number00.1909

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Surimono (2013), #304; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #166

Signed Hokkei
北渓

ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)