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1068
A GROUP OF FIVE LARGE KANAMONO
(METAL FITTINGS) FROM TOBACCO
POUCHES
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Cast and carved in copper, silver and
shibuichi with inlays of gold, silver and
shakudo, comprising a large figure of
Daikoku reclining and holding his mallet;
a large model of Daikoku’s mallet; a large
model of Chokaro’s horse emerging from a
gourd; the boy Ikkyu wrestling a tiger; [Yojo
(Yu Rang) stabbing the discarded cloak of his
enemy Cho Bujutsu (“Merciless Zhao”)
3 1/4in (8.3cm) wide, the largest

US$1,200 - 1,800
1069
1068
A GROUP OF FIVE KANAMONO (METAL
FITTINGS) FROM TOBACCO POUCHES
One by Ujimasa, Edo period (1615-1868)
or Meiji era (1861-1912), 19th/20th century
Comprising a shibuichi model of a group
of fish and shells decorated in gold and
silver hirazogan, signed Ujimasa; a copper,
gold ,and shakudo model of a group
of fish; a grasshopper and stag beetle
decorated in gold, silver, and shakudo; a
model of a monkey dressed as a courtier in
copper, gold, and shakudo; a rectangular
shakudo plate decorated with birds among
blossoming autumn plants in gold takazogan,
fashioned as a brooch
2 7/8in (7.4cm) wide, the largest
US$1,000 - 1,500

1070
A GROUP OF SIX KANAMONO (METAL
FITTINGS) FROM TOBACCO POUCHES
One by Homin, another by Sadanao, Edo
period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/20th century
1069 All decorated in iro-e takazogan, hirazogan
and takabori or shishiai-bori, comprising
a model of Ebisu and a rat trying to steal
his sea bream, the back plate carved with
Daikoku’s hammer and a basket; two
courtiers looking skyward as it starts to rain;
the 16 Rakan with their attendants; an oni’s
face before a large kanabo (iron truncheon),
the back plate carved with Okame by a
tea-house, signed Sadanao and with a kao;
Ebisu arriving at the shoreline as a river boat
departs with Hotei and Benten, the back
plate with the attributes of the Seven Gods of
Good Fortune, signed Homin and with a kao;
an itinerant entertainer and attendant
3 1/16in (7.8cm) wide, the largest
US$1,000 - 1,500

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