Lot Essay
Mejiro are sometimes illustrated in Japanese art to portray the pushing and shoving antics of children at play. Soei mostly worked in the Yokoya or Yanagawa style.
SIGNED IWAMOTO SOEI [MUNENAGA] AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
An Iwamoto School Fuchi-Kashira
Signed Iwamoto Soei [Munenaga] and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The shakudo nanako base metal worked in takabori and iroe takazogan depicting white eyed birds [mejiro] jostling for position on the shaft of a hoe, with a wood box (2)
Signed Iwamoto Soei [Munenaga] and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The shakudo nanako base metal worked in takabori and iroe takazogan depicting white eyed birds [mejiro] jostling for position on the shaft of a hoe, with a wood box (2)
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 86