HOKKEI, TOYOTA (1780-1850)
$2,500.00Price
"Serpent & Gourdes" (c.1820)
rare original woodblock print (surimono)
18 x 20cm
signed upper right
*private collection, Sydney
Surimonos were privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year, in essense a form of invitation. Surimono literally means "printed thing". Being produced in small numbers for a mostly educated audience of literati, surimono were often more experimental in subject matter and treatment, and extravagant in printing technique, than commercial prints.