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Maker(s):Totoya Hokkei (after)
Culture:Japanese (1780-1850)
Title:Two Dolls and a Brocade Sachel from the series "Clothing Food and Shelter (Ishokujū no uchi)"
Date Made:19th century based on 1818 design
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper with embossing
Place Made:Asia; Japan; Edo
Measurements:sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.; 21.0 x 18.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2004.218
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
2004_218.jpg

Description:
A wooden doll or puppet (deku or mokugū) with a thin, translucent veil over the face, sitting next to a brocade satchel/money bag and paper "elder sister doll" (anesama ningyō). Two poems above by Kashōan (Hanasakian) Yonemori and Kandakyo. Signed Hokkei sha. Seal of collector Hayashi Tadamasa. Reproduction of an 1818 design with one different poetry verse.

Tags:
text; still lifes; toys; dolls; cloth; botanical illustration

Subjects:
Toys; Textile fabrics; text (layout feature); Still-life in art

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