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SIGNED TOSHICHIKA, LATE MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1900)
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AN IVORY OKIMONO
Signed Toshichika, Late Meiji Period (Circa 1900)
Elaborately carved with a group of one female, one adolescent and three male courtiers, all of them wielding brushes and painting one another, the female also wielding a hiogi fan, one of the male courtiers trampling underfoot another figure in priestly dress, signed underneath in stained and incised characters Nihon Tokyo Shimamura Toshiaki monjin Toshichika tsukuru [made by Toshichika, pupil of Shimamura Toshiaki of Tokyo in Japan]; slight old damage, wood stand
3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high
Signed Toshichika, Late Meiji Period (Circa 1900)
Elaborately carved with a group of one female, one adolescent and three male courtiers, all of them wielding brushes and painting one another, the female also wielding a hiogi fan, one of the male courtiers trampling underfoot another figure in priestly dress, signed underneath in stained and incised characters Nihon Tokyo Shimamura Toshiaki monjin Toshichika tsukuru [made by Toshichika, pupil of Shimamura Toshiaki of Tokyo in Japan]; slight old damage, wood stand
3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high
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