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ISHIGURO AND KAJIKAWA LINEAGES A Gold-Lacquer Suzuribako (Box For Writing Utensils) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century image 1
ISHIGURO AND KAJIKAWA LINEAGES A Gold-Lacquer Suzuribako (Box For Writing Utensils) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century image 2
ISHIGURO AND KAJIKAWA LINEAGES A Gold-Lacquer Suzuribako (Box For Writing Utensils) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century image 3
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ISHIGURO AND KAJIKAWA LINEAGES
A Gold-Lacquer Suzuribako (Box For Writing Utensils)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century

14 December 2023, 17:00 EST
New York

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ISHIGURO AND KAJIKAWA LINEAGES

A Gold-Lacquer Suzuribako (Box For Writing Utensils)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century
Rectangular with slightly rounded corners, the exterior and sides of the kabusebuta (overlapping lid) decorated in gold, aokin, and silver hiramaki-e and bold relief takamaki-e with extensive embellishments of red lacquer and okibirame gold-foil mosaic, the warriors in shakudō, shibuichi, gold, and silver, depicting Taira no Tadanori seated beneath a cherry tree composing a famous poem on the eve of the battle of Ichinotani (1184), mountains, clouds, and a waterfall in the background, the reverse of the lid in similar techniques with an attendant samurai and dog, a rustic gateway in the background, the interior of the box finished in gold nashiji with a matte gold fundame frame enclosing a suzuri (ink-grinding stone), a gilt-metal suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a pine tree, and a set of utensils finished in gold nashiji and with silvered-metal fittings comprising sumitori (ink holder), tōsu (paper knife), kiri (skewer for piercing paper), and two fude (brushes), the reverse of the lid with gold hiramaki-e signature Kajikawa saku (Made by Kajikawa), red-lacquer seal Ei, gold hiramaki-e mark Kinkō (Metalwork), and gold-inlaid plaque Ishiguro Masayoshi
1 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 10in (4.8 × 21.3 × 25.5cm)

Footnotes

After the warrior-poet Tadanori perished at the battle of Ichinotani, his body was identified by a verse he had composed the night before that was found fastened to his quiver: Ikikurete / konoshitakage o / yado to seba / hana ya koyoi no / arujii naramashi (As I made my way / just as night was drawing in / if I were to lie / in the shelter of a tree / the blossoms might be my hosts).

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