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The artist for the second kozuka was the son of Inoue Moriyuki in Okayama. He became a student of Yasuchika VI in Edo.
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THREE KOZUKA (ONE BY MORICHIKA)
A shakudo nanako kozuka decorated with a bouquet of flowers and leaves in gold and silver takazogan, late Edo period (19th century); a shibuichi kozuka depicting Jurojin with a crane in gold, silver and iroe takazogan, signed Genji no Koshi ..shun no Morichika kore tsukuru and Kao (1864); and a shakudo nanako kozuka with silver and gold crane in flight and the design of the sun inlaid with coral, the light in gold inlay, late Edo period (19th century) (3)
A shakudo nanako kozuka decorated with a bouquet of flowers and leaves in gold and silver takazogan, late Edo period (19th century); a shibuichi kozuka depicting Jurojin with a crane in gold, silver and iroe takazogan, signed Genji no Koshi ..shun no Morichika kore tsukuru and Kao (1864); and a shakudo nanako kozuka with silver and gold crane in flight and the design of the sun inlaid with coral, the light in gold inlay, late Edo period (19th century) (3)