SIGNED TSUCHIDA SOETSU, EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)

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A FOUR-CASE INRO
Signed Tsuchida Soetsu, Edo Period (18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold and aokin hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and togidashi-e, gold foil and shell; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Tsuchida Soetsu with a kao and on one side Katsunobu with a kao

Shoki the Demon-Queller about to strike off the head of a terrified demon; on the reverse another oni hiding under a bridge
3in. (7.6cm.) long

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拍品專文

Although Soetsu (see also lot 99) lived from 1660 to about 1745, a number of inro with his signature, decorated in Rinpa style, are believed to be of somewhat later date; the signature on the side refers to the unidentified painter from whom the design was taken. See E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, Northumberland, 1995), pp. 269-270.