Lot Essay
Kokarasumaru is the name of the heirloom sword that Mitsuuji, hero of Inaka Genji tries to recover. In this surimono the crow is a homonym for karasu.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Migi niban kokarasumaru (Right, number 2, small karasumaru), from the series Takara awase (A series of treasures)
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Migi niban kokarasumaru (Right, number 2, small karasumaru), from the series Takara awase (A series of treasures)
Surimono with metallic embellishments, a beauty prepares for the New Year while a small boy imitates a shirabyoshi dancer, a book on his head represents the lacquered cap, poems by Ittai Kimame, Shosai Tsuruo and Kameya Kamemaru, signed Aoigaoka Hokkei--very good impression, good color, lightly soiled, worming, bottom right corner creased
kakuban: 21 x 18cm.
Migi niban kokarasumaru (Right, number 2, small karasumaru), from the series Takara awase (A series of treasures)
Surimono with metallic embellishments, a beauty prepares for the New Year while a small boy imitates a shirabyoshi dancer, a book on his head represents the lacquered cap, poems by Ittai Kimame, Shosai Tsuruo and Kameya Kamemaru, signed Aoigaoka Hokkei--very good impression, good color, lightly soiled, worming, bottom right corner creased
kakuban: 21 x 18cm.