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A LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
AND MATCHING MANJU NETSUKE
By Uemura Enshu (born 1955) after a
woodblock design by Komura Settai
(1887-1940), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei
(1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi
maki-e depicting the beautiful woman Oden
being tattooed by an artist from the original
illustration in the novel Oden jigoku (Oden
Hell) by Kunieda Kanji (1892-1956), 1935,
lacquered with an extract from the original
inscription Shikashi mata mireba miru hodo
nanto utsukushii hada de aro (The more I
look, the more captivated I am by the beauty
of her skin), signed Settai; the manju netsuke
lacquered with a solitary bird flying over a
spring of leaves, signed Settai.
The inro: 7.8cm (3in) high,
the manju netsuke: 3.5cm (1 3/8in) diameter.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900

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A GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
AND MATCHING MANJU NETSUKE
By Uemura Enshu (born 1955),
Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019)
era, late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in gold lacquer and polychrome 38
togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of four
itinerant entertainers beneath cherry blossoms,
three dancing and one playing the shamisen, the
interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu;
with a gold-lacquer manju netsuke embellished
with a spiral design, unsigned.
The inro: 7.2cm (2 5/8in) high;
the manju netsuke: 2.7cm (1in) diameter.

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900

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A BLACK-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
AND MATCHING MANJU NETSUKE
By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa
(1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era,
late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in gold and slight coloured
togidashi maki-e with an all-over design of
overlapping feathers of assorted size, with
discrete details inlaid in shell, the interior of
rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu; the
manju netsuke similarly embellished with
feathers, and a pale white jadeite ojime.
The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high;
the manju netsuke: 3cm (1 3/8in) diameter.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
Illustrated on page 28. 39

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