Totoya Hokkei
Dragon Grotto of Enoshima

ArtistJapanese, 1780–1850
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Dragon Grotto of Enoshima
  • Enoshima kiko
  • from the series Record of a Journey to Enoshima (Enoshima kiko)
Date1833
PlaceJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 5/16 × 7 1/8 in. (21.1 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Bill and Jo Harris
Object number2007.7
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceProvenance: Ex-collection Ernest Le Veel. Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 24 October 1980 (2e. vente) to Professor Kaempfer.
Purchased at the Heinz Kaempfer sale, Sothebys London, 18 December 1986, lot 120.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso top: "12318 M G M"
Signed: Hokkei

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