STAMPED MARK OF HAYASHI KODENJI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Hayashi Kodenji (1831-1915) first made cloisonné in 1861 under the tuition of Hayashi Shogoro, who had studied under the originator of revived Japanese cloisonné, Kaji Tsunekichi. In 1888 he established the Nagoya Shippo Kumiai, or Nagoya Cloisonné Gild, and in 1894 the Shippo Hoshu Gakko, or cloisonné Preservation School. He initiated the added luxury of the use of gold and silver wires in the place of the traditional brass or copper. The collection contains a number of examples of his work and also the work of his students, some of whom are individually identifiable like Tanigoro (Lot 208), and Hachizaemon (Lot 212)