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ŌMURA UNKOKU 大村雲谷 (1906-1985)
A wood incense tray Japan, Showa era (1926–1989), circa 1935
The rounded rectangular tray carved in keyaki (zelkova) wood and
decorated in relief with five bats in clouds, their eyes inlaid, signed on
the reverse Shōchikusai Unkoku 小竹斎雲谷
With a wooden tomobako storage box, the lid inscribed Gofuku
shōshū kōbon 五福祥集香盆 (Incense tray with five auspicious [bats]),
the reverse of the lid signed Shōchikusai Unkoku 小竹斎雲谷; also
with a tomogire (wrapping cloth) similarly signed
12 3/4 × 18 3/4in (32.5 × 47.8cm) high
US$6,000 - 8,000
Born in Osaka, Ōmura Unkoku (whose other art-name was
Shōchikusai) moved to Himeji City in 1921 to become a pupil of the
wood carver Ichikawa Shūdō 市川周道 (1868–1936); he also studied
for a time with the great Tokyo sculptor Takamura Kōun 高村光雲
(1852–1934). A major exhibition of his work was held in his native
Himeji in September 2015.
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