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ANOTHER PROPERTY
           21 IKEDA          TAISHIN           (1825-1903)



               Album of fourteen lacuqer
               paintings


               Each sealed Taishin or koma
               Fourteen paintings mounted as an accordion
               album; lacquer on paper or lacquer
               7¬ x 6æ in. (19.4 x 17.1 cm.) each          (14)

               $6,000-8,000


               Ikeda  Taishin  was  born  in  Edo  and  became  Shibata  Zeshin’s
               first  lacquer  apprentice,  aged  eleven  in  1835.  He  became  an
               independent  artist  around  1870,  approximately  25  years  later.
               Together  with  Kawanobe  Itcho  (Genjiro;  1830-1910),  Taishin
               was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu
               gigeiin) in 1896.
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