By Kanshosai Toyo
Edo Period,18th – 19th century
Signed: “Toyo” and kakihan
Height: 6.4 cm
Provenance:
Shep Brozman collection
Literature:
Louis Lawrence, Japanese Inrō from the Brozman Collection, London, Genlux Holdings Ltd., 1993, cat. 21
The inro is decorated in iroe–hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and pewter with poem cards depicting courtiers and poems.
Iizuka Toyo, who used to go “Kanshosai”, was a well-known lacquerer who worked in Edo during the second part of the 18th century. He was employed to Hachisuka Shigeyoshi, daimyō of Awa on Shikoku Island, where he was awarded a stipend and the samurai status. He had a number of descendants and pupils, some of whom used the same name, who worked throughout the rest of the Edo period.
SOLD
(Inv. #3030)
