It is good to write again for the first time, Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822 Canvas Print

It is good to write again for the first time, Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822 Canvas Print

A woman with a brush who is going to write her first calligraphy of the new year. The first writing of the new year was an important event, usually people 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 should not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year.

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