It is good to write again for the first time Fudehajimeyoshi (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poetry association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A woman with a brush first calligraphy involves writing the new year. The first writing of the new year was an important event, people usually wrote it for 'long life' (kotobuki). With three poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could


It is good to write again for the first time Fudehajimeyoshi (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poetry association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A woman with a brush first calligraphy involves writing the new year. The first writing of the new year was an important event, people usually wrote it for 'long life' (kotobuki). With three poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year, calligraphy, Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 176 mm


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