A WOOD NETSUKE

SIGNED IKKOSAI TO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A WOOD NETSUKE
Signed Ikkosai to, Edo Period (19th Century)
Of the poet Kakimoto no Hitomaro seated and holding a poem card, his right elbow resting on a kyosoku, his robe engraved with karakusa
1¾in. (4.5cm.) high
Provenance
Kurstin Collection

Lot Essay

Kakimoto no Hitomaro was one of the earliest and most celebrated Japanese poets and is considered to be one of the "Three Gods of Poetry", [Waka Senju]. He is said to have lived during the late 7th and early 8th Century AD.

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