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Iizuka Tōyō 飯塚桃葉 (Kanshōsai 観松斎) INRŌ WITH TANUKI 狸図蒔絵印籠 Tanaka Minkō 田中岷江 (1735–1816) NETSUKE IN THE FORM OF A TANUKI 狸形根付
Edo period (1615–1868), first half of the 19th century

The Misumi Collection of Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings: Part II
10 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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Iizuka Tōyō 飯塚桃葉 (Kanshōsai 観松斎) INRŌ WITH TANUKI 狸図蒔絵印籠 Tanaka Minkō 田中岷江 (1735–1816) NETSUKE IN THE FORM OF A TANUKI 狸形根付

Edo period (1615–1868), first half of the 19th century
An inrō with four interlocking cases and cover, of standard lenticular cross-section with straight sides, rounded corners, curved top and base, and applied cord-runners, the roiro lacquer ground decorated in very fine gold and silver hirame (small flattish metal flakes) and gold, silver, and coloured togidashi maki-e, on one side a seated tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides) looking up at the moon with susuki in the background, on the other side another tanuki and a rock by a stream, again with susuki, the compartments and risers gold nashiji, the shoulders and risers gold fundame; mottled shibuichi and copper ojime; wood netsuke of a tanuki seated drumming its stomach, the eyes inlaid in metal

The inrō signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Kanshōsai 観松斎, with a kaō; the netsuke signed with carved characters Minkō 岷江 with a kaō

Fitted wooden storage box (2)

Provenance
Spink, London, 22 March 1990, lot no. 55

The inrō 8.5 × 5.4 × 2.8 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
The netsuke 3.2 × 3 cm (1¼ x 1 1/8 in.)

Footnotes

The Iizuka Tōyō (Kanshōsai) line of lacquer artists was active in Edo throughout the second half of the Edo period (Takao 2005, pp. 89–90).

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