Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

The Poetess Kiyogaki on the bridge
above Shinobazu Pond c1833
Signed: Hokkei Shikishiban surimono
Printed with gauffrage and silver mica

A breeze which was invited to come: the fragrance
of plum blossom fills the hollow of the hills
Tojuen Kiyogaki

The birds, the flowers and the views all seemed
beautiful to the herdsman greetund the spring at
Mukaigaoka
Yayoian