A Good Time for the First Calligraphy (Fude hajime yoshi, from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)

「花園番続　ふてはしめよし」

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1824 (Bunsei 7)

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

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.6 x 17.9 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line General Funds

Accession Number00.1899

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Surimono (2013), #297; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #159; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 189

Signed Hokkei
北渓

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