A FOUR-CASE NASHJIJI INRO formed s a makimono of the Kokinshu, one of the Hachidaishu or Eight Famous Anthologies of Japanese verse, the title slip in kinji and the scroll with a silver simulated tying cord, decorated in Shibayama style with chrysanthemums growing on bamboo trellis-work protected by split-cane fences, signed Kakosai, with seal Shozan, and on a small inlaid shell fan, Chuzan (or Nakayama), perhaps a collaborator, 19th century, 11.1cm., with a netsuke formed as a small ivory snail on a wood log (3)

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A FOUR-CASE NASHJIJI INRO formed s a makimono of the Kokinshu, one of the Hachidaishu or Eight Famous Anthologies of Japanese verse, the title slip in kinji and the scroll with a silver simulated tying cord, decorated in Shibayama style with chrysanthemums growing on bamboo trellis-work protected by split-cane fences, signed Kakosai, with seal Shozan, and on a small inlaid shell fan, Chuzan (or Nakayama), perhaps a collaborator, 19th century, 11.1cm., with a netsuke formed as a small ivory snail on a wood log (3)

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