TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese surimono woodblock prints, the first depicting a kanjo (court lady) seated, with a tsurikoro (hanging incense burner) beside her, with slight embossing in her dress, four lines of calligraphy to her left and signed Hokkei; the other depicting Kintaro refereeing a match between a chicken and a tengu, with a poem above, from the series Yama ato Yama (Mountain after Mountain), signed Hokkei ga and with red seal Hokkei, both prints embellished with metallic pigments, both shikishiban, 19.7cm x 17.8cm and 20.7cm x 17.9cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.