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INSCRIBED HINOE INU SHUJITSU SANENZAN SEIHEIKYO AND SIGNED TOKUSAI TO [TOKUSAI CARVED (THIS) ON AN AUTUMN DAY IN THE YEAR OF THE DOG (1826) AT SAN-EN MOUNTAIN, SEIHEIKYO], EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Bone Kiseruzutsu [Pipecase]
Inscribed Hinoe Inu Shujitsu Sanenzan Seiheikyo and signed Tokusai to [Tokusai carved (this) on an autumn day in the year of the dog (1826) at San-en mountain, Seiheikyo], Edo Period (19th century)
In the form of a reishi fungus and a hossu, to which bats cling, pipe and ojime
21.1cm. long
Inscribed Hinoe Inu Shujitsu Sanenzan Seiheikyo and signed Tokusai to [Tokusai carved (this) on an autumn day in the year of the dog (1826) at San-en mountain, Seiheikyo], Edo Period (19th century)
In the form of a reishi fungus and a hossu, to which bats cling, pipe and ojime
21.1cm. long
Literature
George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, (Honolulu, 1982), p.1107
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