Lot Essay
Joso was born in 1855, apprenticed to Kojitsu and worked in Asakusa, died in 1910.
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SIGNED JOSO (ASAKUSA, EDO), EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A STAGSHORN KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE]
Signed Joso (Asakusa, Edo), Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Carved as an ashinaga [long-legged foreigner] with a drum at his side and a basket on his back, his feet caught by an octopus, signed near the base in incised characters Joso kizamu [carved by Joso]
87/8in. (20cm.) long
Signed Joso (Asakusa, Edo), Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Carved as an ashinaga [long-legged foreigner] with a drum at his side and a basket on his back, his feet caught by an octopus, signed near the base in incised characters Joso kizamu [carved by Joso]
87/8in. (20cm.) long
Provenance
Henry Charles Clifford Collection
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