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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
A BLACK LACQUER SIX-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUNSHO KAGEMASA AND SEALED KAGEMASA (SHUNSHO LINEAGE)
Details
A BLACK LACQUER SIX-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUNSHO KAGEMASA AND SEALED KAGEMASA (SHUNSHO LINEAGE)
The vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground finely lacquered with an all-over design depicting the Earth Spider generating monsters at Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu's Mansion after a woodblock print design by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, rendered in gold and silver togidashi maki-e and iro-e takamaki-e with details of inlaid aogai (shell) and e-nashiji, the interior cases of nashiji with red-lacquered ceilings, the top case with an inner removable ensuite fitted silver box and cover, signed on the bottom case in gold hiramaki-e Shunsho Kagemasa with seal Kagemasa.
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUNSHO KAGEMASA AND SEALED KAGEMASA (SHUNSHO LINEAGE)
The vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground finely lacquered with an all-over design depicting the Earth Spider generating monsters at Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu's Mansion after a woodblock print design by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, rendered in gold and silver togidashi maki-e and iro-e takamaki-e with details of inlaid aogai (shell) and e-nashiji, the interior cases of nashiji with red-lacquered ceilings, the top case with an inner removable ensuite fitted silver box and cover, signed on the bottom case in gold hiramaki-e Shunsho Kagemasa with seal Kagemasa.
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased at Hotel Drouot, 1970.
Wrangham Collection, no.1023, with original collector's label.
Wrangham Collection, no.1023, with original collector's label.
Literature
INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, exhibition catalogue, Oxford, 1972, p.23, cat. no. 22 (ill.)
Exhibited
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, 9 October - 4 November 1972.
Brought to you by
Zheng Ma
Head of Department, Senior Specialist