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                                                                              SHOETSU
                                                                              A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro
                                                                              Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
                                                                              The broad rectangular body with a sparse nashiji
                                                                              ground, decorated in gold and slight-coloured
                                                                              takamaki-e with a kinji-lacquered fan embellished
                                                                              with two confronting dragonflies, adorned with
                                                                              elaborate tasselled silk cords depicted on the
                                                                              reverse, in gold takamaki-e, the interior of sparse
                                                                              nashiji with kinji edges; signed inside the cover
                                                                              Shoetsu saku with red seal Sho (Akira), inscribed
                                                                              on the base Kimura Shozaburo ni okuru Kyoto
                                                                              kokakuka (Presented to Kimura Shozaburo by
                                                                              the sumo fans of Kyoto).
                                                                              7.2cm x 7.7cm (2 13/16in x 3in).
                                                                              £1,800 - 2,500
                                                                              JPY350,000 - 490,000
                                                                              US$2,400 - 3,300
       36                                                                     Provenance:
                                                                              Purchased at Christie’s, London, 1985.
                                                                              Purchased in these rooms, The Edward
                                                                              Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV,
                                                                              5 November 2014, lot 173.
                                                                              An English private collection.
                                                                              Published:
                                                                              E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists,
                                                                              Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.246,
                                                                              Shoetsu, seal Sho (Akira).
                                                                              Kimura Shozaburo, referred to in the dedicatory
                                                                              inscription on the base, is the name of one of
                                                                              the two principal families of gyoji (sumo referees).
                                                                              It fell out of use after 1886 following the family’s
                                                                              merger with the Shikimori Inosuke line (the
                                                                              inscription is mistranslated in the Wrangham
                                                                              Index). The uchiwa depicted in the design is of
                                                                              the type carried by gyoji when on duty.
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                                                                              NOMURA KYUKOKU
                                                                              A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Small Inro
                                                                              Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
                                                                              The rounded rectangular body with a kinji
            37                                                                ground lacquered in gold and slight-coloured
                                                                              takamaki-e with a winnowing basket and three
                                                                              sheaves of rice on one side hanging to dry over
                                                                              a wooden fence on the other, the interior of matt
                                                                              gold lacquer; signed on the base in gold lacquer
                                                                              Kyukoku with a kao. 6.3cm (2½in) high.
                                                                              £1,200 - 1,800
                                                                              JPY230,000 - 350,000
                                                                              US$1,600 - 2,400
                                                                              Provenance:
                                                                              Purchased in these rooms,
                                                                              7 November 2013, lot 124.
                                                                              An English private collection.
                                                                              For the maker, see E. A. Wrangham, The Index
                                                                              of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland,
                                                                              1995, p.159.
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                                                                              NIKKOSAI
                                                                              A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
                                                                              Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
                                                                              The rounded rectangular kinji body decorated in
                                                                              gold, silver, and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e
                                                                              with an all-over design of symbols associated
                                                                              with the Gosekku (Five Festivals) enclosed within
                                                                              five differently-shaped overlapping panels,
                                                                              comprising a bird perched on a plum tree for
            38                                                                Jinjitsu no sekku on the seventh day of the

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