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The artist for the first pair, Tomochika is a son of Omori Hidetomo who was a student of Omori Teruhide.
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FOUR PAIRS OF FUCHI-KASHIRA (ONE BY TOMOCHIKA)
The first of shakudo nanako, the kashira decorated with bird perched on an ear of rice and the fuchi with a recumbent deer in shakudo and gilt takazogan, signed Tomochika and Kao; and another shakudo nanako pair decorated with a crayfish and a rope in iroe takazogan; a pair of shakudo fuchi-kashira, the ground of basket weave pattern decorated with shell fish picture cards in shibuichi takazogan; and another pair, the filed ground decorated with a man on a boat and a bird in iroe takazogan, signed Shigeharu, all late Edo period (19th century) (8)
The first of shakudo nanako, the kashira decorated with bird perched on an ear of rice and the fuchi with a recumbent deer in shakudo and gilt takazogan, signed Tomochika and Kao; and another shakudo nanako pair decorated with a crayfish and a rope in iroe takazogan; a pair of shakudo fuchi-kashira, the ground of basket weave pattern decorated with shell fish picture cards in shibuichi takazogan; and another pair, the filed ground decorated with a man on a boat and a bird in iroe takazogan, signed Shigeharu, all late Edo period (19th century) (8)