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KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a kinji ground decorated in gold, silver,
kirikane and red takamaki-e with an autumnal scene depicting a maple
tree with its branches spreading over both sides, a carp leaping up a
waterfall on one side, and cascading water behind the maple branches
among which small exotic birds including hummingbirds are in flight on the
other, the interior of rich nashiji; signed on the bottom case Kajikawa saku
with a tsubo-seal. 9.3cm (3 5/8in) high.
£3,500 - 5,500
JPY680,000 - 1,100,000
US$4,600 - 7,200
Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.

Published and Illustrated:
Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto,
Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, p.117, no.147.
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KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1815), 19th century
The rectangular upright body with a lustrous roiro-nuri ground decorated
in gold and silver takamaki-e with the strong woman Okane (Kane-jo) of
Omi Province, standing with one hand supporting a basket brimming over
with flowers on her head and holding up her hem with the other, one foot
stepping on a rein and holding it down with her geta (wooden high clog),
to subdue a runaway horse, the stallion shown struggling and buckling
with its tail flying on the reverse, signed Kajikawa saku with a red pot-
shaped seal. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) 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.
Published and Illustrated:
Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto,
Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, p.228, no.278. 56
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SHIGEYOSHI
An Inlaid Gold-Laquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rounded rectangular kinji body with a lavishly lacquered ground in
gold takamaki-e, e-nashiji, kirikane and gold togidashi maki-e decorated in
high relief bronze, shibuichi, gold, and shakudo with possibly Jingu Kogo
standing and gesturing with a fan on the shores of a lake, accompanied
by her attendant an oni (demon) kneeling beside her holding a spear, the
reverse depicting an old man paying obeisance and holding the young
child just bestowed upon him, the interior of rich nashiji; signed Shigeyoshi
saku with a red pot-shaped seal, and chiselled signature (indecipherable)
in a gold metal reserve. 8.8cm (3 7/16in) high.
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
US$6,500 - 7,900

Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum. 57

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