19th centurySigned: “Kajikawa saku” and with a red pot sealHeight: 3 1/8in (7.9cm)Provenance:Michael Tomkinson CollectionLeonard Haber CollectionLiterature:Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, London: George Allen, 1898, no. 300Each case with slightly recessed joints and with different grounds, including kinji, nashiji, togidashi maki-e and gyobu-nashiji, on the obverse decorated with a treasure ship laden with the attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the sail decorated with the character kotobuki (longevity), a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoise) swimming beside the...
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Samurai armourEdo period (1615-1867), 18th century SignatureThe menpō is signed under the chin 弘前住 明珍紀宗賢 盛吉作 (Hirosaki no Ju Myōchin ki Munekata Moriyoshi saku) CertificateThe armor accompanied by a certificate of registration as Jūyō Bunka Shiryō（Important cultural work）issued by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor).Literature:Katchu Bugu Juyo Bunka Shiryo Zuroku - Vol. 4, (Tōken shunjû shinbunsha: Tōkyō, 2004), Pag. 76-77Description:The style of the armor is reminiscent of the medieval suits, as common...
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845-1846Woodblock print on paper (oban tate-e),Suzumushi 鈴虫 (No. 38 Bell Cricket) poem inscribed aboveSigned: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi gaPublished by: Iseya IchibeiGenji kumo ukiyoe awase (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)36.7 x 24.5 cmThe kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fukuoka Mitsugi defending himself against three attackers. Each of the fifty-four chapters of The Tale of Genji is named and is associated with a crest called a 'Genji-mon'. In this series, each of the first fifty-four prints portrays...
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