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A HIDA-SCHOOL TWO-CASE WOOD
INRO AND WOOD TONKOTSU
(TOBACCO BOX)
The first by Nakamura Sukeyoshi (active
circa 1915), the second by Matsuda
Sukenaga (1800-1871), Edo period (1615-
1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho
(1912-1926) era, 19th/20th century
The small two-case inro carved in low relief
with stylized dragon and cloud designs
against a ground of cross-hatching, signed
Sukeyoshi; the tonkotsu carved to resemble
a tooled-leather tobacco pouch decorated
with flowering vines in relief, the “clasp” 1048
carved as a reishi fungus in ebony, signed
Sukenaga; fitted with a glass bead ojime
2 3/4in (7cm) high, the largest

US$1,200 - 1,800
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A LACQUERED LEATHER TONKOTSU
(TOBACCO BOX) AND AN EN-SUITE
BAMBOO TONKOTSU (TOBACCO BOX)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, 19th/20th century
The first a rounded rectangular tonkotsu
with an overhanging cover, decorated with
a crane and young plants in gold and red
takamaki-e and kirikane, with a gold-lacquer
bead ojime; the second carved from a
section of bamboo to resemble an eggplant,
with two smaller eggplants to the side, an
extensive Chinese verse incised on the cover
and the reverse; fitted with a stag-horn
netsuke carved as a peach being eaten by
a grub and a rectangular section of bamboo
carved with bamboo stalks in katakiri-bori 1049
and incised with a Chinese verse
4 1/4in (10.7cm) high, the largest

US$1,000 - 1,500
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TWO KINCHAKU (PURSES) MADE FROM
ARMOR COMPONENTS
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
The first constructed from black-lacquer
kozane (scales) salvaged from an armor,
perhaps a cuirass, lined with a silk closure;
fitted with a shakudo ojime and a brass
ashtray netsuke formed as a kabuto; the
second assembled from two gyoyo (cord
fastener protectors)
6 1/4in (16cm) high, the largest
US$1,000 - 1,500

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