Lot 191
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HOKKEI: kakuban surimono (21.1 x 17.7 cm.); the young Yoshitsune playing the flute by a bridge under the full moon, faintly visible in the night sky, poem rendered in brass dust by Yukimichi Suberu, signed Hokkei--very good impression and color, very good condition

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HOKKEI: kakuban surimono (21.1 x 17.7 cm.); the young Yoshitsune playing the flute by a bridge under the full moon, faintly visible in the night sky, poem rendered in brass dust by Yukimichi Suberu, signed Hokkei--very good impression and color, very good condition

Lot Essay

The poem refers to Yoshitsune by the name he used in his youth, Ushiwaka (Young Ox). What appears to be a tiger's tail is actually the sheath for the warrior's long sword.