MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUKYO KOKU (TSUKADA SHUKYO; 1848-1918)

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A SOFT-METAL-INLAID SHIBUICHI AND SILVER BOX AND COVER
MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUKYO KOKU (TSUKADA SHUKYO; 1848-1918)
The rectangular box set on a detachable shibuichi stand resembling bamboo frame, the hinged top panels chiseled and inlaid in gold, shakudo and shibuichi with pine tree and chrysanthemum
5 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 ¾ in. (13 x 9.8 x 7 cm.)
With original wood box signed Maosai Shukyo, sealed Shukyo and Taisho gannen sentei yuimotsu no sho (seal of the late Emperor's Legacy, first year of Taisho [1912])

Provenance

The Emperor Meiji (1852-1912)
The Emperor Taisho (1879-1926)

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Lot Essay

Tsukada Shukyo had been schooled in painting by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) and in metalwork by Kano Natsuo (1828-1898). His art name Shinyusai is composed of the character 'Shin' from Zeshin, and 'yu' from Natsuo as tribute to his great teachers. Shukyo gave a demonstration of his metal carving techniques to the Emperor Meiji and was appointed as an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1913.

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