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Totoya Hokkei

Date unknown · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

On each sheet in this set are two fans set against a decorative river motif in deep blue embossed with silver that is contiguous across all five prints in this pentaptych. The red color of the wave in the top fan indicates the title of this design; others in the group are blue, yellow, white, and black. The motif of floating fans comes from the Muromachi period (1392–1568).

Artist

Totoya Hokkei

Date

Date unknown

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929