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A BRONZE OKIMONO OF A BOY ON AN OX
By Sekiguchi Shinya (1877-1932), Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The young ox-herd seated on the back of a recumbent ox, holding the
halter which is tied through the beast’s nose, his basket strapped to his
back, signed in an oval silvered-metal reserve Shinya koku; with a wood
tomobako storage box titled Bokudo Okimono (Okimono of a herd boy)
and signed by the artist Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai shinsain Sekiguchi Shinya
zo (made by Sekiguchi Shinya, a judge in the Japan Art Association)
with seal Shinya no in. 17.2cm x 29cm (6¾in x 11½in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
Born in Shiba-ku, Tokyo in 1877, Sekiguchi Shinya was the son of the
celebrated metalworker Sekiguchi Ichiya, who himself was a disciple of
Goto Ichijo (1791-1876). Shinya studied painting with Hashimoto Gaho
(1835-1908) and first exhibited at the fourth Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai
(National Industrial Promotion Exposition) in 1895. His works are also
recorded in the catalogues of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, and the fifth
Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (1903).

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A SILVERED-BRONZE FIGURE OF MOTHER AND CHILD
By Toyokawa Mitsunaga II (1850-1923), Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The woman shown supporting her boisterous young son on her
back with one hand and holding her straw hat with the other, the
child leaning over and pulling his mother’s ear, signed Oju Mitsunaga
kore o horu with gold inlaid seal Mitsunaga; with a wood tomobako
storage box inscribed outside the lid Nofu senkoku (Engraved [figure
of] a peasant woman), signed inside the lid Oju Hakuzanshi Toyokawa
Mitsunaga with two seals. 36.2cm (14¼in) high. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 3,900
Apprenticed at age 15 into the Yanagawa family of metalworkers,
Toyokawa Mitsunaga II also studied under the first Toyokawa Mitsunaga,
later becoming his son-in-law. During a long and productive career
176 he completed several commissions for the Imperial Household and
mentored many pupils.

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