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INRO
Property from a Japanese Private Institution
(Lots 44-57)
44 *
KOMA KANSAI LINEAGE AFTER A DESIGN BY KANO
MORONOBU (HOGEN EISEN)
A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The broad rounded rectangular body with a sparsely sprinkled nashjji
ground decorated in gold and red takamaki-e and gold togidashi maki-e
with a continuous autumnal scene depicting two peasants on a raft
transporting felled wood downriver, with thatched roofs and the Kumano
Taisha shrine in the distance, the interior of rich nashiji; signed Hogen
Eisen ga Koma Kansai with a kao. 7.1cm x 7cm (2 13/16in x 2¾in).
£4,500 - 5,500
JPY880,000 - 1,100,000
US$5,900 - 7,200
Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum. 44
Published and Illustrated:
Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto,
Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, p.248, no.298.
45 *
A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a lustrous roiro-nuri ground decorated
in gold and polychrome hiramaki-e and e-nashiji depicting on one side a
kesobumi-uri (vendor of love-letters) dressed in the traditional costume
and wearing a tall eboshi with his face half-masked by a scarf, carrying a
love letter in one hand, a New Year kadomatsu (pine sapling) presentation
display on the other side, the interior of rich nashiji; unsigned.
8.5cm (3 5/16in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY780,000 - 970,000
US$5,200 - 6,500
Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
46 *
YAMADA JOKASAI LINEAGE
A Gold-Lacquer Two-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a rich nashiji ground decorated in 45
gold, silver, and slight-coloured takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with an all-
over design of symbols associated with the Gosekku (Five Festivals),
comprising plum flowers in a basket for Jinjitsu no sekku on the seventh
day of the first month, an ornate tasselled buriburi (child’s octagonal
mallet-shaped toy) beside a fan for Jomi no sekku on the third day of the
third month, a bunch of irises wrapped in a noshi (gift wrapping paper)
for Tango no sekku on the fifth day of the fifth month, a spool of silk for
Tanabata no sekku (the Star Festival) on the seventh day of the seventh
month, and chrysanthemums for Kiku no sekku on the ninth day of the
ninth month, signed Jokasai with a red seal; with a red ojime.
7.5cm x 5.9cm (2 15/16in x 2 5/16in).
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY780,000 - 970,000
US$5,200 - 6,500
Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
Published and Illustrated:
Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto, 46
Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, p.198, no.243.

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