Lot Essay
Hokei was the most distinguished exponent among netsuke carvers of the technique in carved red cinnabar lacquer known as tsuishu.
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A LARGE RED LACQUERED TSUBA BY HOKEI
Decorated with Buddhist priests and symbols in nikubori, signed Toto ju Okutani Hokei saku , late Edo/Meiji period (late19th/early 20th century), 9.5cm.
Decorated with Buddhist priests and symbols in nikubori, signed Toto ju Okutani Hokei saku , late Edo/Meiji period (late19th/early 20th century), 9.5cm.