(Chinese Princess at an Embroidery Table)

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Title	(Chinese Princess at an Embroidery Table)
Artist	Totoya Hokkei
Date	1828
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

8 x 7 1/16 in. (20.3 x 17.9 cm) (image, sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

19th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

Kurehatori brings Chinese brocadeAs a present to Japan And then returnBecoming indistinct Like damask in the spring mist(KaranishsikiYamato miyage niKurehadoriAya ni kasumiteTachikaeru haru)Hinanoya HarukoThe Boar Year Plus one makesSpring of the Rat YearWith just two bands Of mist(I no toshi niHitotsu kuwaete Ne no haru toNareba futasujiBakari kasumeri)Tancho_tei MatsunariThe spiderThat arranges the threadsOf spring mist Has become A Japanese master weaver(HarugasumiIto wo oroshiteYabatai noShisho_ to nareruSagami no kumo)Yayoian Hinamaru Hokkei

Physical Description:

nishiki-e, surimono

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Accession Number:

P.75.51.18

Artist:

Hokkei Totoya, Japanese, 1780 - 1850

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1780 - 1850

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009

(Chinese Princess at an Embroidery Table)

Totoya Hokkei

1828