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Handbags with theme of 17-19 centuries Japanese art “Ukiyo-e”, “Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa” (Japanese: 「つれ／＼草」), created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓) in 1831-32.
Handbags with theme of 17-19 centuries Japanese art “Ukiyo-e”, “Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa” (Japanese: 「つれ／＼草」), created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓) in 1831-32.
Handbags with theme of 17-19 centuries Japanese art “Ukiyo-e”, “Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa” (Japanese: 「つれ／＼草」), created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓) in 1831-32.
Handbags with theme of 17-19 centuries Japanese art “Ukiyo-e”, “Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa” (Japanese: 「つれ／＼草」), created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓) in 1831-32.
Handbags with theme of 17-19 centuries Japanese art “Ukiyo-e”, “Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa” (Japanese: 「つれ／＼草」), created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓) in 1831-32.
Ukiyo-e 20, TH-3, Handbag - Hokkei, Painted Shells
Ukiyo-e 20, TH-3, Handbag - Hokkei, Painted Shells

Ukiyo-e 20, TH-3, Handbag - Hokkei, Painted Shells

Ukiyo-e Bag - Painted Shells.

Art inspires fashion - Exotic style fashion.


Ukiyo-e (Japanese, meaning "Pictures of the Floating World"). Ukiyo-e depicts and records the life of Japanese people in the Edo period. It represents Japanese art of 17-19 centuries.

Painted Shells, Tsurezuregusa

from the series “Essays in Idleness”
「つれ／＼草」 「貝をおほふ人の我まへなるをはをきてよそを見わたし」

「つれ／＼草」
The subject of this print is derived from “Essays in Idleness” (徒然草, Tsurezuregusa) which is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Yoshida Kenko between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of this genre.

「貝をおほふ人の我まへなるをはをきてよそを見わたし」
Literally means “I'll see you off the shells that make me a shell”

Poem and literature:
“In the Shell-matching Game, some people do not notice what is in front of them but look around instead...
… and so of course they lose the game when the shells before their eyes are claimed by other players.”

Created in about 1831–32
Artist: Totoya Hokkei (魚屋 北渓; Japanese, 1780–1850)

  • Price:$178.00
  • Glazed synthetic leather
  • Custom-print durable Oxford
  • Double rolled handles with 6" drop
  • Top zip opening has magnetic snaps on each end
  • Silver hardware
  • Interior features print lining; back zip pocket; 2 front open slip pockets trimmed in matching leather
  • Size: 14"W x 9 1/2"H x 6"D