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A GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
AND MATCHING MANJU NETSUKE
By Uemura Enshu (born 1955) after a
woodblock design by Kitagawa Utamaro
(1753-1806), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei
(1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi
maki-e depicting on both sides the front and
back portrait of Naniwaya Okita, a famous
tea-house girl, from an untitled series of
double-sided hosoban prints by Kitagawa
Utamaro, published by Harimaya Shinichi,
circa 1790-91, inscribed Naniwaya Okita
Utamaro ga, the interior of rich nashiji; the
lacquer en-suite manju netsuke showing the
head and shoulders of Naniwaya Okita from
the print Toji sanbijin (Three Beauties of the
Present Day), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo,
circa 1793.
The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high;
the manju netsuke: 3.7cm (1 3/8in) diameter.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900

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A LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
AND MATCHING MANJU NETSUKE
Both by Uemura Enshu (born 1955) after a
woodblock design by Katsushika Hokusai
(1760-1849), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei
(1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in polychrome togidashi maki-e
with an all-over scene after the original
woodblock print design by Hokusai depicting
the tiny triangle of Mount Fuji in the distant
horizon through a large wooden inverted
cistern under construction, the cooper planing
the wood intently, oblivious to the view behind
him, the interior of nashiji, signed on the base
Enshu; with a lacquer manju netsuke, similarly
lacquered with a bust portrait of a courtesan,
unsigned, and a pale white jadeite ojime;
with an unrelated wood storage box.
The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high;
the manju netsuke: 3cm (1 3/8in) diameter. (2).
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
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