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588
KAJIKAWA LINEAGE (19TH CENTURY)
A fine five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each case with slightly recessed joints and bearing
a different ground including kinji, nashiji, togidashi
maki-e, and Gyobu-nashiji, the obverse decorated with
a treasure ship laden with the accouterments of the
Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the sail decorated with
the character kotobuki (Longevity), a minogame (bushy-
tailed tortoise) swimming alongside the ship, the reverse
with a miniature pine and madarin tree on a stand
with cranes and minogame, all in iro-e takazogan and
applied gold foil, the interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa
saku and with a red pot seal
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
$3,500 - 4,500
Provenance
Michael Tomkinson Collection
Leonard Haber Collection

Published
Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, London,
George Allen, 1898, p.8, no. 300

589
YUTOKUSAI GYOKKEI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1870)
A five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
later 19th century
Bearing a roiro-nuri ground decorated with turtles in gold
takamaki-e, the interior cases nashiji, signed Yutokusai
Gyokkei and with the artist’s kao; fitted with a silver
bead ojime decorated with geometric patterns in gold
hirazogan and an ebony netsuke carved as a turtle,
illegibily signed
3 3/8in (8.5cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

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