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Lot Essay
Ofuku Kohiki uta (Ofuku's song for grinding [tea] powder)
Signed and dated Horeki kanoe choto (winter, 1760) bussei dobi Sarajuka Rono sho
Handscroll; woodblock-printed text with two illustrations of tea grinding; with two modern prints published by Shoinji Temple
In Japanese legend, Ofuku was a servant in the Naraya in Otsu. For a similar print of Kohiki uta in the Eisei-Bunko Museum, Tokyo, see Takeuchi Shoji, ed., Hakuin (Tokyo: Chikuma shobo, 1964), no. 179.
Signed and dated Horeki kanoe choto (winter, 1760) bussei dobi Sarajuka Rono sho
Handscroll; woodblock-printed text with two illustrations of tea grinding; with two modern prints published by Shoinji Temple
In Japanese legend, Ofuku was a servant in the Naraya in Otsu. For a similar print of Kohiki uta in the Eisei-Bunko Museum, Tokyo, see Takeuchi Shoji, ed., Hakuin (Tokyo: Chikuma shobo, 1964), no. 179.