Meiji era kiseru pipe, with wooden carrying case featuring an image of a skeleton holding a lantern. Images of gourds carved into the metal fittings on the pipe.
Mei/signature:
Mumei
Measures:
Kiseru:
19.50 cm
Case:
24.50 cm
$250
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Meiji era kiseru pipe, with wooden carrying case featuring an image of a skeleton holding a lantern. Images of gourds carved into the metal fittings on the pipe
Meiji era kiseru pipe, with wooden carrying case featuring an image of a skeleton holding a lantern. Images of gourds carved into the metal fittings on the pipe.
Mei/signature:
Mumei
Measures:
Kiseru:
19.50 cm
Case:
24.50 cm
Sōzan was an inro artisan of the Koma school, who were traditional suppliers of gold lacquer crafts to the Tokugawa shoguns
This inro bears the mark of “Toku”, indicating it was made by Kajikawa Tokusaburō (1827-1865). Tokusaburō was the 11th generation Kajikawa master
Samurai and painter from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. The second son of the very famous Kazan Watanabe. A chief retainer of the Tahara clan in Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture). He studied painting with Tsubakiyama and Hanka Fukuda, economic history with Ohashi Rakuan, and poetry with Sekine Chido. He was good at painting flowers and birds. Died on December 29, 1899. He is 53 years old. His name is Kanou. Shoka has long stood in the shadow of his very famous father, but recently the art world has started to recognize his talent