A WOOD NETSUKE OF A POET

SIGNED IKKOSAI TO, 19TH CENTURY

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A POET
Signed Ikkosai to, 19th Century
Kakimoto no Hitomaro seated and holding a poem card, his right elbow resting on a kyosoku, his robe engraved with karakusa
4.5cm. high
Provenance
Kurstin Collection

Lot Essay

Kakimoto no Hitomaro is one of the earliest and most celebrated Japanese poets and is considered to be one of the "Three Gods of Poetry", Waka Senju. He is said to have lived during the late 7th and early 8th Century AD.

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