A rare birch-bark three-case inro
By Tomochika, 19th century
Of upright form, lacquered to one side with a clump of wind-swept Autumnal grasses and plants in gold takamakie and inlaid in silver lacquer on the reverse with a haiku poem by Basho, signed in an oval reserve Tomochika. 7.9cm (3 1/8in).
Of upright form, lacquered to one side with a clump of wind-swept Autumnal grasses and plants in gold takamakie and inlaid in silver lacquer on the reverse with a haiku poem by Basho, signed in an oval reserve Tomochika. 7.9cm (3 1/8in).
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Footnotes
- 薄に芭蕉俳句図樺樹皮蒔絵印籠 銘「友親」 19世紀
Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased at Bonhams, London, 1981.
Wrangham collection, no.1546.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.298, Tomochika, left.
The haiku poem is transcribed as:
稲津満屋加
保能登古呂
可寿ゝ幾乃穂
はせを（者世越）
And reads:
いなづまや / かほのところか / すゝきの穂 / はせを
Inazumaya / kahono / tokoroka / susukinoho / Hasewo
And translates:
Lightning flash
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass
Hasewo is the go (artist name) which the poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) used on occasion.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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