HOTEI GOSEI: koban surimono (21.4 x 10.6 cm.); a woman standing on the edge of a pier, her back slightly bent and one hand raised as if looking at something in the river, poems above by Tsuridoro no Akari (or Akesato) and Senjiro Miwake, from the series Shoku go ko "Five tiger generals", signed Hokuga ga--very good impression and color, small stain, otherwise good condition

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HOTEI GOSEI: koban surimono (21.4 x 10.6 cm.); a woman standing on the edge of a pier, her back slightly bent and one hand raised as if looking at something in the river, poems above by Tsuridoro no Akari (or Akesato) and Senjiro Miwake, from the series Shoku go ko "Five tiger generals", signed Hokuga ga--very good impression and color, small stain, otherwise good condition

Lot Essay

Gosei, a pupil of Hokusai, used the art name Hokuga until about 1810. Until recently many scholars believed that gosei and hokuga were the names of seperate artists. Each of the prints in this series parodies one of the five famous generals of the Suikoden.