A rare lacquered cherry-bark wood two-case inroBy Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), 19th centuryThe squared rectangular body lacquered on each side with flowering plants in gold, black and slight coloured takamaki-e, signed on the base in gold lacquer Taishin; with an ivory ojime; and a rustic wood netsuke lacquered with a lotus plant, signed Hogen [...]. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し四季花図桜樹皮蒔絵印籠 銘「泰真」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2022.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 203.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/203/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A gold-lacquer three-case inroBy a member of the Inaba Family, 19th centuryThe nashiji ground with hirame highlights, lacquered with a straw snake, among fern and pine branches, with an uchiwa (fan) below, the reverse with a fish-head and holly on a sanpodai (food stand) with a box at the side, all in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e, the interior of red lacquer with a dusting of gold powder; signed Inaba saku. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し新年祭図蒔絵印籠 銘「稲葉作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Amsterdam, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1748.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.90, Inaba, left column, bottom left.The subject alludes to the New Year Festival, the addition of the straw snake probably representing the year in which the inro was produced.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 263.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/263/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquered plaited string single-case inro or tonkotsu (tobacco box)19th centuryThe plaited string ground black lacqured and forming a netting design over an ikkanbari (papier-maché) base, lacquered on one side with an Okame mask resting on a cloth wrapping, in white, purple, red and black, the reverse with a half-open fan in gold, grey and brown lacquer, the interior of black lacquer; unsigned. 10.2cm x 7.6cm (4in x 3in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無しお亀に扇子図一閑張印籠 無銘 19世紀Provenance: purchased from the Edo Gallery, London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1551.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 221.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/221/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Koma Yasutada, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiroi ground shading to usu-nashiji, lacquered with a shima-hiyodori (rock thrush) perched on a flowering plum branch, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the interior of red lacquer with matt gold lacquer risers; signed Koma Yasutada saku. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し梅枝に白鳥頭図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満安匡作」 19世紀Provenance: Murakami, Paris. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., 1987.Wrangham collection, no.1845.The design is by Kano Tan'yu and is illustrated in the woodblock printed book, Gazu Hyakkacho, vol.2, published in 1729. It is the illustration number 49, Shima-hiyodori (Rockthrush), perched in a Ko-bai plum tree.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 252.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/252/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare lacquered-rattan wide two-case inro18th centuryThe base covered with knitted string or yarn which also forms the cord runners, lacquered black over gold with a torii and stone lantern, with slight details inlaid with shell and the interior lacquered black; inscribed Urin. 9.3cm (3 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し石灯篭に鳥居図籐製印籠 記「雨鱗」 18世紀Provenance: W. L. Behrens collection, no.1069.Carlo Monzino collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1995.Wrangham collection, no.2077.The two characters U and Rin ('rain' and 'fish scales') are unlikely to be a name and may perhaps refer to the unusual texture of this piece.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 123.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/123/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy Tatsuke Kokosai II, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground delicately lacquered with a cat teasing a butterfly while another hovers around a clump of wild flowers on the reverse, in gold and silver togidashi maki-e, the interior of nashiji, signed Tatsuke Kokosai with a red kao; with a cloisonné-enamel ojime. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し猫図蒔絵印籠 銘「田附交々齋（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Michael Tomkinson collection, no.1152.Wrangham collection, no.1516.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.140, Kokosai II.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 229.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/229/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two large iron tsubaJakushi school, Tosho type, 17th to 18th centuryThe first of circular form, carved with a lake scene with mountains in the distance, the reverse with two smooth dragons in gold nunome, signed Jakushi, 8.2cm (3¼in); the second of circular form, later lacquered with a bucking horse in silhouette, unsigned, 8.2cm (3¼in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 二点 （山水と龍、馬） 17-18世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 6.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/6/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An inlaid shibuichi three-case inroAfter Tsuchiya Yasuchika, 19th centuryDecorated in high relief of gold, silver and bronze with eight variously shaped panels enclosing apparently unrelated subjects, including floral displays, a shell on a beach, an oxherd and a bird over a breaking wave, signed Yasuchika; with a cast metal ojime of an Okina mask, a flower on the reverse; and a kagamibuta netsuke, the wood bowl with an iron plate, decorated in gold nunome with informal kiri (paulownia). 5.7cm (2¼in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し牛童子花貝図金工印籠 銘「安親」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1971.Wrangham collection, no.1111.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 322.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/322/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer kagamibako (mirror box) with en-suite coverLate 17th centuryThe ground of black ishime lacquer decorated with a simple design of five scattered bundles of brushwood in silver takamaki-e, the interior of the cover of nashiji, lacquered with wind-blown grasses in gold hiramaki-e; unsigned. 2.8cm x 12cm (1 1/8in x 4¾in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔図石目塗鏡箱 無銘 17世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1986.Wrangham collection, no.1822.A label on the interior is inscribed Catalogue Kay (Arthur Kay, Paris), no.805, attrib. to Zeshin. no.1786.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 340.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/340/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer five-case inroBy Hokugasai, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground lacquered with a continuous design of a variety of overlapping chrysanthemum blooms in shades of gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Hokugasai with a red pot seal; with a coral ojime. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し菊図蒔絵印籠 銘「北峨斎 松高（壷印）」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1977.Wrangham collection, no.1351.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.80, Hokugasai.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 251.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/251/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and inlaid four-case inroBy Toha, 19th centuryThe somewhat flattened vertical rectangular body with a rogin-nuri ground decorated with a sarumawashi (monkey trainer) moving a rope curtain aside with his stick as he walks with his performing monkey on his back, lacquered in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e and inlaid with shell, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Toha saku. 7.9cm (3 1/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し猿回図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「東巴作」 19世紀Provenance: Col. Harris collection, purchased from Douglas J. K. Wright, London, 1977.Wrangham collection, no.1364.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.292, Toha, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 248.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/248/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer ryoshibako (document box) with en-suite coverBy Harui Komin (1869-1922/3), early 20th centuryLacquered in predominately gold takamaki-e, e-nashiji and kirikane, the overlapping lid decorated with the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', each standing and holding their respective attributes, with the face and head of each sage inlaid in bronze or shakudo high relief, the inside of the lid similarly lacquered with butterflies hovering over chrysanthemum shrubs growing from behind a brushwood fence beside a meandering stream rendered in gold togidashi maki-e, the inside of the box with chrysanthemum stalks supported by a bamboo fence, all reserved on a rich nashiji ground; signed inside the lid in gold lacquer Harui Komin with a seal Kiyoshi no in. 4.3cm x 22.5cm x 24.5cm (1 5/8in x 8 13/16in x 9 5/8in). (2).Footnotes:竹林七賢図蒔絵文箱 銘「春井恒民 清印（方印）」 20世紀前期Provenance: purchased from Donald Allison Antiques, Lancashire, 1996.Wrangham collection no.2107.According to a letter found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Harui Komin was born in Osaka in 1869 and trained by the well-known Kyoto artist Tomita Koshichi. In the Meiji Period he worked for the art dealer Ikeda Seisuke. After the closure of Ikeda's business in 1912, Komin went to Kyoto and later, for health reasons, to Suma. Not many works by Komin are known, largely because he rarely signed them. He worked in a classical, conservative style, predominantly executed in gold, silver and black lacquer, often with inlay of shell, metal, coral and abundant kirikane. He made especially large objects such as writing boxes, paper storage boxes and sets of these.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 236.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/236/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer octagonal five-case inroBy Tatsuke Takanori, 18th/19th centuryThe kinji ground with mura-nashiji, lacquered with a continuous design of geese flying over wild flowers growing on a hillock beside a winding stream, with clouds above, in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of nashiji, signed Tatsuke Takanori; with a coral ojime. 7.9cm (3 1/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小川野花飛雁図蒔絵印籠 銘「田付孝則作」 18/19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1971.Wrangham collection, no.1096.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.283, Takanori, Tatsuke, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 151.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/151/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and metal-inlaid five-case inroBy Tachibana Gyokuzan, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo high relief with a Chinese sage and an attendant in a garden, among basho (fibre banana) with shuro (Chinese windmill palm) trees by a stream on the reverse, in gold takamaki-e with details of togidashi maki-e and kirikane, the interior of nashiji; signed Tachibana Gyokuzan ga with a kao. 8.9cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し中国仙人図蒔絵貼付彫金印籠 銘「橘玉山画（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1974.Wrangham collection, no.1270.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.63, Tachibana Gyokuzan, top row, right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 336.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/336/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer two-part manju netsukeBy Koami Nagaharu, 19th centuryThe kinji ground lacquered with a simple design of a walking tortoise in gold takamaki-e, the interior of matt silver lacquer; signed Nagaharu with a kao. 4.2cm (1 5/8in) diam.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔絵饅頭根付 亀 銘「永治（花押）」 19世紀Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.190, Nagaharu, Koami, top row, second from left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 41.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/41/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shuhosai, 19th centuryThe tall vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered with a feather robe hanging in a pine tree, the reverse with the peak of Mount Fuji seen through a large hole in the tree trunk, in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with details of gold foil and the interior of rich nashiji; signed Shuhosai; with a plain wood manju netsuke. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し三保松原に孔雀衣図蒔絵印籠 銘「秀芳齋」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Trudel Klefisch, Cologne, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2039.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.261, Shuhosai.The feather cloak (hagoromo) is the subject of a Noh play telling the story of an angel who came to the forest of Miho and climbed a tree to view Mount Fuji and the sea of Suruga. She left her cloak on the tree and danced on the beach, where a fisherman found her, when she became frightened and departed to heaven, leaving the cloak behind.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 333.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/333/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early black-lacquer small three-case inro17th centuryThe wide body with a roiro ground, lacquered with a troop of nine macaque monkeys playing around a large triple chestnut with foliage, in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with details of hiramaki-e and kirikane, the interior of nashiji; unsigned. 5.7cm (2¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し群猿図蒔絵印籠 無銘 17世紀Provenance: purchased from Patrick Syz, London, 1995.Wrangham collection, no.2088.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 130.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/130/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Hideteru, 18th/19th centuryThe mura-nashiji ground lacquered with a ho-o bird on a flowering kiri tree, the design spreading over both sides and the top, in takamaki-e with gold leaf details, the interior of nashiji; signed Hideteru with a kao. 8cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し桐鳳凰図蒔絵印籠 銘「英輝（花押）」 18/19世紀Provenance: purchased at Phillips, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1933.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.72, Hideteru, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 324.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/324/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy a member of the Inaba Family, 19th centuryThe fundame ground lacquered in sumi-e togidashi maki-e with a screen painting of a flowering prunus tree, the reverse of dark brown lacquer, lacquered with a formal design of shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) in gold togidashi maki-e, simulating the decorated paper backing on painted screens; signed Inaba saku. 8.9cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し梅木・七宝繋図蒔絵印籠 銘「稲葉作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Amsterdam, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1747.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.90, Inaba, bottom left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 317.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/317/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shokyosai, 19th centuryThe lenticular body with a rich kinji ground, lacquered with a pine tree by an inlet in takamaki-e, over black-lacquer combed waves, with a small flock of chidori (plovers) inlaid in pewter, the interior of nashiji, signed Shokyosai; with a lacquered wood ojime. 8.9cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し松に波図蒔絵印籠 銘「枩花齋」 19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Rome, 1988.Wrangham collection, no.1891.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.252, Shokyosai, bottom right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 297.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/297/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare lacquered-metal kozukaBy Yamada Jokasai, after Kano Tan'yu, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe black ishime ground lacquered with four prancing horses beneath a flowering cherry tree with clouds above, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the reverse of rogin-nuri with a single horse in sumi-e togidashi maki-e; signed Tan'yusai zu, Joka with a kao.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 桜に馬 銘「探幽斎図 常嘉（花押）」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.98, Jokasai, Yamada, right column, bottom row, right.The work is after an original design by Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674), the most famous Kano painter of the 17th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 52.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/52/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rattan kiseruzutsuBy Koenshi Osai, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu form, lacquered with takaramono spilling out from a bowl over a treasure sack, in gold and coloured takamaki-e, the rim and cord attachment of silver; signed Osai. 21.5cm (8½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し藤網代組宝物図蒔絵きせる筒 銘「翁齋」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1737.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 153.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/153/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroSchool of Shiomi Masanari, 19th centuryDecorated all over in gold and iro-e takamaki-e and kirikane with one side showing Shoki the demon queller in a belligerent pose, hiding his sword behind his back whilst a tiny oni (demon) begs for mercy at his feet; the reverse depicting several oni, retreating within the cavernous rocky outcrop set beside a waterfall; the runners signed Shiomi Masanari, rokuju-go-sai hitsu (painted at the age of 65) with a kao on one side and on the other inscribed Kyoho nana ku-gatsu jusan-nichi (13th of September, 1722). 6.3cm (2½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍾馗と鬼図蒔絵印籠 銘「享保七九月十三日」「鹽見政誠 六十五歳筆（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: H. C. Clifford collection.R. Harari collection.Purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1982.Wrangham collection, no.1608.Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915, no.37.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.167, Shiomi Masanari, bottom row, left and right.Although the inro bears an inscription which specifies the date as 1722, it is likely to be later since the date does not correspond to any of the recorded artists of the Shiomi family; see further discussion by Julia Hutt, Inro artists and their techniques, p.14, published by Eskenazi Ltd., London October 1982.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 291.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/291/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A shibuichi tsubaBy Shigenori, late 18th/early 19th centuryOf oval form, carved in low relief with Daikoku standing on rice bales before his large treasure sack, the reverse inlaid with two rats and treasures, details in gold, silver and shakudo; signed Shigenori with a seal Shigenori. 7cm (2¾in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 大黒 銘「茂則 茂則（方印）」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 13.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/13/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Tatsuke Toshihide, after a painting by Matsumura Goshun, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground decorated with a hint of swirling water in silver usu-nashiji and lacquered in gold togidashi maki-e with a swimming turtle and clumps of thick waterweed, inscribed Goshun, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Toshihide with a seal Tokei. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し水中亀図蒔絵印籠 銘「寿秀 東渓（方印）」「呉春」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1790.Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811) was the founder of the Shijo school of painting and was influenced by the work of Maruyama Okyo. His style had a great influence on subsequent art in Japan.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 153.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/153/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Togyu, 19th centuryThe rich kinji ground lacquered on one side with a large horse in gold takamaki-e and on the reverse with a smaller galloping colt in brown and black takamaki-e, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Togyu tsukuru, with a coral ojime. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し馬図蒔絵印籠 銘「桃牛造」 19世紀Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, June 1997.Wrangham collection, no.2110.Published: Raymond Bushell, The Inro Handbook, New York and Tokyo, 1979, p.49, no.29.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.291, Togyu.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 183.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/183/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A brown-lacquer kiseruzutsuBy Kinpo, late 19th centuryBoldly carved with a continuous scene of a rakan standing beside a lion on rocky ground, a boy attendant holding a document box on the reverse, beneath a pine tree and cloud bands, details in gold lacquer; signed Kinpo. 21cm (8¼in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し漆塗きせる筒 羅漢 銘「金峯」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Robert Fleischel, Tokyo, 2008.Wrangham collection, no.2323.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 104.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/104/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine gold-lacquer three-case inroBy Koma Kyuhaku, 19th centuryThe rounded square body with a subdued kinji ground lacquered with a continuous mountainous landscape showing soaring peaks and pine trees among rocky cliffs, a temple seen in the deep cleft betweeen two hills, in sumi-e togidashi maki-e, the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims; signed Koma Kyuhaku saku. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) wide.Footnotes:険山楼閣図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満休伯作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1972.Wrangham collection, no.1159.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.157, Kyuhaku IV, Koma. The work has been attributed to Koma Kyuhaku IV, who died in 1795 and was appointed lacquerer to the shogun Tokugawa Ieharu in 1786.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 95.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/95/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer large four-case inroBy Yamaguchi Shojosai (1900-1978), 20th centuryThe fundame ground lacquered in gold and coloured takamaki-e with a continuous scene of an episode during the battle of Dannoura (1185), with the great hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune preparing to make his famous hasso-tobi (leap over eight boats), the turbulent water depicted in white lacquer with dark highlights and the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims; signed Shojosai Rosho saku with a kao. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high.Footnotes:壇ノ浦合戦図蒔絵印籠 銘「松杖斎弄象作（花押）」 20世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, New York, 1990.Wrangham collection, no.1988.During the decisive sea battle of Dannoura between the Heike clan and the Minamoto clan, Yoshitsune escaped death at the hands of Taira no Noritsune by leaping across eight boats. Elements of the present design are possibly based on the middle and right-hand sheets of a woodblock-print triptych by Utagawa Sadahide dating from 1847-8, entitled Genpei Dannoura ogassen no zu (Picture of the Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Dannoura), although Yoshitsune's historic superhuman leap is there pictured in the background, see http://data.ukiyo-e.org/wbp/images/911938329.jpgYamaguchi Shojosai was a remarkable lacquerer who worked in various studios in Tokyo, Kyoto and Niigata. He contracted polio when he was four years old and used a crutch for walking from then on. He began his lacquer studies when he was 14 and devoted his life to working with lacquer and to his family. Following the death of his wife in 1952, two of his sons became lacquer craftsmen.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 129.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/129/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and metal-inlaid seven-case inroBy a member of the Kajikawa Family and Ishiguro Masayoshi, 19th centuryThe rectangular oval body with a mura-nashiji ground, decorated with the kachi-kachi yama legend, inlaid in gold, shakudo, copper, shibuichi and pewter high relief with a rabbit standing triumphantly towards the prow of his boat, about to strike with an oar the tanuki who clings onto a sinking barge, the reverse with the full moon inlaid in silver high relief, rising above the turbulent sea and the interior of rich gyobu; signed for the lacquer Kajikawa saku with a red pot seal Ei and for the metalwork, Masayoshi with a kao within a rectangular gold reserve; with a black glass ojime, unsigned. 8.8cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し兎に狸（かちかち山）図蒔絵貼付彫金印籠 銘「梶川作 榮（壺印）」「政美（書判）」 19世紀Provenance: Gretchen Kroch Kelsch collection.Purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1987.Wrangham collection, no.1839.The kachi-kachi yama story is one of the few Japanese folktales in which a badger (tanuki) is the villain rather than the boisterous, corpulent alcoholic. The episode depicted here is when the tanuki challenged the rabbit to a life and death contest to prove who was the better creature. They were each to build a boat and race across a lake in them. The rabbit carved its boat out of a fallen tree trunk, but the foolish tanuki made a boat of mud. At first, the two competitors were evenly matched, but the badger's mud boat began to dissolve in the middle of the lake and instead of saving the badger, the rabbit strikes him with an oar, and proclaimed his friendship with the innocent human couple whom the wicked badger had earlier inflicted its horrible deeds - thus revealing his revenge.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 235.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/235/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroAfter Ogata Korin, 18th/19th centuryThe matt gold lacquer ground lacquered with workmen towing a boat through reeds beside two jakago (stone-filled baskets), in takamaki-e with details of inlaid shell and pewter, the interior of roiro with gold lacquer edges, inscribed Hokkyo Korin; with a silvered metal ojime, pierced with a tama (sacred jewel). 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し舟引図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「法橋光琳」 18/19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.700.An example of Korin revivalist lacquer, popular at the end of the 18th and into the 19th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 138.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/138/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small copper tsuba with enamel inlayBy Tou, Nara School, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the ishime ground inlaid with fireflies escaping from a cage in gold-wired cloisonné-enamel beside a fan of shibuichi inlaid with the character ju in shakudo; signed Tou. 6cm (2 3/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 蛍に団扇 銘「東雨」 19世紀The signature Tou was first used by Tsuchiya Yasuchika (1670-1744), founder of the Nara School, but this example dates from the 19th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 2.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/2/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquer kobako (small box) with en-suite coverBy Taikai Tairei (1880-1971), 20th centuryThe roiro lacquer cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with plum blossoms and bamboo growing on an irregular-shaped mound, with subtle details inlaid in e-nashiji and shell, the inside of the cover simply lacquered in gold and slight-red hiramaki-e with a diagonal formation of stylised cranes; the bottom and sides rendered in seido-nuri in Zeshin style, with the interior decorated with overlapping gold and silver lacquer papers; signed in gold lacquer Tairei, with tomobako signed and titled by the artist, Horai kobako, Tairei saku with a seal Tairei. 3.2cm x 10.1cm x 7.6cm (1¼in x 4in x 3in). (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔絵小箱 梅に鶴 銘「泰令」 20世紀Provenance: purchased from Sharen Chappell, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1799.Taikai Tairei studied under Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), the renowned pupil of Shibata Zeshin and also under Akatsuka Jitoku (1871-1936) to whom his elder sister, Taikai Kei (1877-1946) was married.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 407.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/407/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Kosai, 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a kinji ground, lacquered and inlaid with Seiobo standing beside a pine tree, her attendant shown on the reverse, proffering a tray of peaches, in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e, the faces of inlaid silver, the interior of nashiji; signed Kosai. 8.9cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し西王母に唐子図蒔絵貼付彫金印籠 銘「光齋」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1965.Wrangham collection, no.618.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.148, Kosai, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 280.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/280/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer ryoshibako (document box) with en-suite cover17th centuryOf classic rounded rectangular form with a roiro ground, lacquered on the cover with a scene of ducks in a stream with ancient willow trees on each shore, while a duck flies overhead, the sides with similar designs, the design interspersed with nine maru ni hidari manji mon (crest in the form of a left-facing manji character in a circular reserve), all in gold takamaki-e, the interior of roiro, lined with brocade of a scrolling floral design, the rims mounted with pewter; unsigned. 21.2cm x 33cm x 26.3cm (8 3/8in x 13in x 10 3/8in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し丸に卍紋入柳に鴨図蒔絵料紙箱 無銘 17世紀Provenance: Malcolm Fairley, London, 2008.Wrangham collection, no.2293.The mon appears to be that of the Hachisuka family, as recorded in V. F. Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois, Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1923, vol.2, Appendix IV, p.80, no.411. However, the origins of the family are disputed and the mon was also used by the Yokoyama family of which the Hachisuka may have been an offshoot.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 153.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/153/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Kahei, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground, lacquered with chrysanthemums and bush-clover growing beside a banded hedge, in gold hiramaki-e, the interior of orange-red lacquer; signed on the inside of the cover Kahei with a kao. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し秋草図蒔絵印籠 銘「加兵衛（花押）」 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Amsterdam, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1142.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.107, Kahei, 3rd from left.The name Kahei has been seen inside the top case of a variety of inro, sometimes alone and at other times in association with other, more well known, inro makers. It has been suggested that he may have been an interior lacquerer, purely responsible for the fine nashiji or red lacquer often seen adorned with his distinctive signature, but that is conjecture and, to date, his identity is a mystery.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 323.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/323/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A red-lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a bright vermilion ground lacquered with the Chikurin no Shikken ('Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove') in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a gold and red-lacquered ojime of geometric form; and a corozo netsuke. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し竹林七賢図蒔絵印籠 無銘 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1996.Wrangham collection, no.2105.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 135.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/135/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A brown-lacquer wide three-case inroBy Kanshosai Toyo, 19th centuryThe rich dark reddish-brown ground lacquered and inlaid with five standing cranes in Rinpa style, in gold and rubbed black and red takamaki-e, inlaid pewter and shell, the interior of nashiji; signed Toyo with a kao. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し琳派様鶴図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「桃葉（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1967.Wrangham collection, no.799.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.312, Toyo(sai), right column, centre row, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 281.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/281/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer kogo (incense box) with en-suite cover16th/17th centuryOf rounded square form, bearing a rubbed kinji ground, lacquered with a gnarled pine tree and bamboo in takamaki-e, the interior of roiro dusted with gold powder and with a similar subject in gold togidashi maki-e, the rims mounted with pewter; unsigned. 3.5cm x 7.3cm x 7.3cm (1 3/8in x 2 7/8in x 2 7/8in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し松竹図蒔絵香合 無銘 16/17世紀Provenance: Robert de Belder collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1983.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 364.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/364/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koma (Kimura) Koryu, late 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with an usunashiji ground lacquered with a continuous scene of a withered maple tree in an autumn rain storm, with distant hills, in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Koma Koryu saku; with a carnelian ojime. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し豪雨に紅葉の木図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満巨柳作」 18世紀後期Provenance: Donald C. Mendelson collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1561.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.145, Koryu, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 142.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/142/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An inlaid black-lacquer two-case inroBy Mizutani Shutoho, 18th centuryThe wide body with a roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a bird in a flowering prunus tree, another flying on the reverse, in gold takamaki-e and raden takazogan, the interior of roiro with long smooth dragons in delicate chinkinbori; signed with tensho characters Shutoho and a seal Komuru. 6.4cm (2½in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し花鳥図螺鈿蒔絵印籠 銘「秋登甫 蒙（方印）」 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.776.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 292.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/292/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An iron tsubaNanban school, 18th centuryOf oval form, carved in low relief with two dragons disputing a flaming pearl, the reverse similarly carved with a putto derived from a European leather design, flanked by the letters ERNOL UTPFS, highlights of gold and silver nunome; unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 龍に天使 無銘 18世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 12.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/12/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A dark shibuichi kozukaYanagawa School, 19th centuryThe nanako ground inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo takazogan with oshidori (Mandarin ducks) in a stream, the reverse of shakudo; signed Yanagawa Haruhide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 鴛鴦 銘「柳川春英」 19世紀For the maker, Nakajima Haruhide (1775-1851), see Haynes, Index, no.H00791.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 85.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/85/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A red-and-black lacquer small two-case inroBy Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845/6), 19th centuryThe shu ishimeji (vermilion imitation of stone) ground lacquered on one side with a peony in gold and red takamaki-e and on the other with an inlaid silver vase of Chinese beaker form, cast with a dragon and formal flowerhead, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Yoyusai; with an ojime inlaid with mon (crests) and the auspicious character Kotobuki. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し牡丹図蒔絵貼付彫金印籠 銘「羊遊斎」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1970.Wrangham collection, no.1009.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 225.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/225/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A reishi fungus tonkotsu (tobacco box)By Jikan Ganbun, 19th centuryThe irregular form body variously inlaid with numerous metal ants and ant eggs around an ants' nest, two partially gilt-metal shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs) and rocks of coral and agate, the wood cover later inlaid with a floral medallion of mother-of-pearl and the interior gold-lacquered; signed on an inlaid wood tablet Jikan Ganbun. 8.5cm x 10.2cm (2 3/8in x 4in). Please note that the Lid may not be integral to the piece and the Ganbun signature plaque on the inside of the lid is probably added. Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し獅子図霊芝とんこつ 銘「自侃眼文」 19世紀Provenance: Col. Dennis collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1763.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 114.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/114/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and inlaid metal four-case inroBy Ittokusai and Kikuoka Mitsuyuki, 19th centuryThe rich kinji ground lacquered in fine detail with a spreading pine tree in gold takamaki-e, amid kirikane clouds, beneath which is inlaid the seated figure of Jurojin with his recumbent stag in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan, the interior of nashiji, signed for the lacquer Ittokusai saku with a seal and on an inlaid gold tablet for the metalwork, Kikuoka Mitsuyuki; with a gold lacquer ojime. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し寿老人図蒔絵彫金貼付印籠 銘「一得斎作 （壷印）」 「菊岡光行」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1975.Wrangham collection, no.1307.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.94, Ittokusai, right.It was common practice for Japanese artists in various fields to employ apprentices or have followers who legitimately adopted the same name. The present example bears the name Kikuoka Mitsuyuki, who died in 1800, although the work looks later and it is probable that the metalwork was by a close follower of the master.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 319.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/319/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer five-case inroBy Kanshosai Toju(sai) (fl. circa 1800), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a large double-gourd flask, a woven straw hat and a riding crop, beneath a weeping cherry tree, in gold takamaki-e with blossoms of inlaid pewter and some leaves of shell, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Toju with a kao; with a bone double-gourd ojime. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し桜下帽子に瓢箪図蒔絵印籠 銘「桃壽（花押）」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1984.Wrangham collection, no.1700.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.292, Toju(sai), Kanshosai, right column, bottom row, second from right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 154.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/154/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Kanshosai Toyo, 19th centuryThe black lacquer ground embellished with sparse mura-nashiji and lacquered in gold and slight coloured togidashi maki-e with an open fan among wakamatsu (pine seedlings), the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges; signed Kanshosai with a kao. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し若松と扇子図蒔絵印籠 銘「観松斎（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Gilbertson collection, sold at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1928.Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1511.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 216.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/216/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Shiomi Masakage (1681-1764), 18th centuryThe wide rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with hazel nuts and chestnuts on a mat and a simplified fish, in gold and coloured takamaki-e, the fish of inlaid shell and the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Shiomi Masakage kore o hissu with a seal Masakage; with an ivory ojime. 6cm (2 3/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し栗とハシバミの実に小魚図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「鹽見政景筆之」 18世紀Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1977.Wrangham collection, no.1359.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.164, Masakage, Shiomi, left column, top row, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 213.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/213/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three iron kozukaKaga style, Soten school, unknown school, 18th to 19th centuryThe first inlaid with a dance-stage curtain, unsigned; the second carved and inlaid with a hawk on a perch, signed Hikone no ju Soten; the third inlaid with a gold bird on a fence, signed Kazutsura. (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 三点 （幕、鷹、小鳥） 18-19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 35.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/35/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine gold-and-black-lacquer five-case inroBy Hon'ami Shoetsu, after Yamaguchi Soken, 19th centuryThe tall vertical body with a roiro ground lacquered with a continuous scene of a girl gazing at her reflection in the Kagami-ishi (Mirror Rock), a tall flowering cherry tree beside a rushing stream on the reverse, its branches extending into cloud bands above, all in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with profuse highlights of kirikane, the ends of fundame and the interior of nashiji, signed Hon'ami Shoetsu with a seal Shoetsu; with a solid lacquer multi-coloured ojime in the form of a shojo (red-haired drunken sprite), unsigned. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:鏡石図蒔絵印籠 銘「本阿弥枩悦 枩悦（方印）」 19世紀Provenance: F. A. Richards collection, purchased in Japan, 1914, sold at Sotheby's, London, 1964.Graham Gemmell, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1965.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.246, Shoetsu, Hon'ami.Located to the north of the famous Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto, the Kagami-ishi (also called the Kagami-iwa) was famed for its remarkable reflective and diagnostic properties. A image similar to that on the present inro is shown in Miyako meisho zue (Illustrations of Famous Places in the Capital), published in 1780. According to the picture caption, 'The Kagami-ishi is a rock that clearly reflects anything placed in front of it . . . It is large with a bright surface and often reflects a person's internal organs; if there is anything wrong it will show up clearly.' (1) Both Henri L. Joly and, later, V. F. Weber refer to a celebrated painting of this subject by Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818). The present whereabouts of this work are unknown but it is almost certainly the one published in Nihon bijutsu gaho in 1899; Weber also reproduces a suzuribako (writing box) with the same design. (2)Notes:1. For the Miyako meisho zue, see Takemura Toshinori (ed.), Nihon meisho fuzoku zue (Traditional Topographical Works of Japan), Tokyo, 1981, vol. 8, pp.195-6. For an online reproduction, see also http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/meisyozue/kyoto/page7t/km_01_568.html.2. See H. L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1908, p.500, V. F. Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois, Paris, 1923, vol.2, p.169, fig.728, and Nihon bijutsu gaho, vol.5, no.12 (25 May 1899), 'Maiden before a Stone Mirror', accessible at http://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/gahou/page/42, where both Soken's name ('Sojun') and the date of his death (1804) are inaccurate.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 125.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/125/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shigehide, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground and lacquered in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi maki-e with a hawk perched on a rock looking down at its reflection in a stream below, the reverse showing three chidori (plovers) flying away over the water, the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims; signed Shigehide with a seal Shigehide. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鷹に波千鳥図蒔絵印籠 銘「重榮 重榮（壷印）」 19世紀Provenance: Lempertz, Cologne, 1969.Wrangham collection, no.971.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.235, Shigehide (alternative reading Juei[sai]), third from left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 120.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/120/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A copper and shakudo netsuke of a cicadaAfter Murakami Jochiku, 19th centuryThe insect resting with its wings drawn in its body, its head of patinated copper and its wings of shakudo with finely inlaid veins of gold and silver honzogan, a silver loop beneath forming the himotoshi; inscribed Jochiku. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工根付 蝉 銘「如竹」 19世紀Murakami Jochiku (died circa 1790-1800) was a metalworker who lived in Edo and was renowned for his sword fittings. He was copied by a number of metalworkers in the 19th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 81.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/81/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shokasai, 19th centuryThe vertical oval body lacquered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on both sides with turbulent waves, the interior of nashiji, signed Shokasai; with a porcelain ojime, painted with the 'Seven Gods of Good Fortune'. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し波図蒔絵印籠 銘「松花齋」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London, 1961.Wrangham collection, no.84.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 312.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/312/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and metal-inlaid five-case inroBy Koma Kansai and after Hamano Noriyuki, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body inlaid with Jurojin and a deer with a boy attendant, the reverse with a crane flying over a running boy, decorated in high relief of gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi on a fundame ground with clouds of nashiji, takamaki-e and kirikane, the interior of nashiji; signed Kansai with a red kao and Noriyuki saku. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:寿老人と唐子図貼付彫金蒔絵印籠 銘「寛哉（花押）」「矩隨作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1971.Wrangham collection, no.1086.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.153, Kuzui II, second from bottom left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 233.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/233/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A bone kiseruzutsuBy Sokoku, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu type, inlaid on the fine simulated rattan ground decorated with a bijin inlaid in high relief of shibuichi with details of gold, silver and copper; signed Sokoku. 21cm (8¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し網代組様骨彫貼付彫金きせる筒 美人 銘「宗谷」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Malcolm Fairley Ltd., London, 2006.Wrangham collection, no.2239.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 173.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/173/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rattan kiseruzutsu and tabako-ire (tobacco pouch)By Seiseisenshu Kangetsu, late 19th centuryThe pipe case of variously stained woven cane, lacquered and inlaid with a flowering plum tree and wild flowers in gold and coloured takamaki-e and inlaid shell, signed Seiseisenshun Kangetsu; the tobacco pouch of embossed leather with a floral design, the mae-kanagu in the form of playing shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs) in shakudo and shibuichi; with a ceramic ojime. The pipe case 20.8cm (8 1/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し籐網代組蒔絵螺鈿きせる筒 梅の木 銘「青々千春」「閑月」 革製たばこ入れ19世紀後期Provenance: Robert Fleischel, Tokyo, 2009.Wrangham collection, no.2337.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 69.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/69/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koami Tadamitsu, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered with mura-nashiji and decorated with tea pickers at work on one side, a huge bridge overhung by a weeping willow, spanning the Uji river on the other, in the background a lake and and high mountains shown in the morning mist, in delicate gold and coloured togidashi maki-e, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Koami Tadamitsu; with a gilt metal ojime, carved and pierced with millet, inscribed Tomei. 8.2cm (3¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し宇治茶摘図蒔絵印籠 銘「幸阿弥忠光」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Joseph U. Seo, New York, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1501.A very similar example was in the Michael Tomkinson collection, no.506.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 224.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/224/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pale shibuichi three-case inroAttributed to Goto Shinjo (Mitsuyoshi, 1783-1834), 19th centuryThe tall vertical rectangular body inlaid in gold high relief with a nightingale flying past the inlaid silver moon above wild flowers growing on the shores of a meandering stream; signed Goto Mitsuyoshi with a kao. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し夜鳴鳥風景図金工印籠 銘「後藤光美（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Dr Melvin and Betty Jahss collection.Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2020.Published: Melvin and Betty Jahss, Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art, London, 1971, p.165.Goto Shinjo, known also as Mitsuyoshi, was the fifteenth master of the Goto main line school (see Haynes, Index, no.H08644).The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 367.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/367/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Miyama, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a subdued nashiji ground, lacquered with a temple servant clutching a lantern as he runs beneath a tattered umbrella while rain beats down diagonally, the reverse with a lantern suspended from a pine branch, in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e, the hanging lantern of gold foil and the interior of nashiji, signed Miyama with a kao; with a horn ojime in the form of a swimming tadpole; and a wood netsuke carved as a millstone with a lacquered brush resting on the top. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し豪雨の中を歩く従者図蒔絵印籠 銘「三山」 18世紀Provenance: Bloch collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1994.Wrangham collection, no.2058.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.223, Sanzan.The name Sanzan has been recorded by Wrangham, although we feel that the reading Miyama is preferable.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 233.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/233/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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