Lot Essay
The various Japanese inscriptions, once translated, note that the piece, was "made by Ota Yojibei Fujiwara Masanari, a carpenter and flower basket maker, living in Edo, Musashi Province." Most likely referring to an original 17th Century model, further inscriptions reveal the name "Hashimoto Hachizaemon tono", who may have commissioned the piece, and bears the date July 12, 1667.