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KAKOSAI SHOZAN: A FINE FIVE-CASE INRO WITH COCKERELS AND DRUM
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KAKOSAI SHOZAN: A FINE FIVE-CASE INRO WITH COCKERELS AND DRUM
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KAKOSAI SHOZAN: A FINE FIVE-CASE INRO WITH COCKERELS AND DRUM
By Kakosai (Kakyosai) Shozan, signed Kakyosai 可夾齋 saku 作
Japan, Edo (Tokyo), 19
th
century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The kinji ground transitioning towards the lower sections to a black lacquered ground with dense gold sprinkles, finely worked in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as kirigane flakes, one side depicting a rooster atop a kanko drum, decorated with a sinuous dragon and clouds, and backed by a togidashi stream and prunus below misty clouds. The reverse with a rooster and chicks framed by rockwork, crashing waves, and a pine. The interior of dense nashiji with gold fundame edges. Signed underneath KAKYOSAI saku [made by Kakyosai].
HEIGHT 9.5 cm, LENGTH 4.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, light rubbing to the edges, minuscule typical losses to the kirigane flakes, and few light surface scratches.
Kanko-dori
, meaning a cockerel perched atop a barrel drum, is a symbol of peace under a good ruler. It is based on a Chinese story; such drums were traditionally used in ancient China to warn the approach of enemy forces. However, in peace times they were not used and birds roosted upon the moss-gathered drums.
Kakosai (Kakyosai) Shozan
was a lacquerer who worked in Edo in the early 19
th
century. He was influenced by Kajikawa and may have learnt the art in the Kajikawa family workshop before he went independent. Shozan’s inro are typically lenticular and are often embellished with fine inlays. A group of inro artists shared his technique, though whether as pupils or in some other way is not certain. See Earle, Joe [ed.] (1995) The Index of Inro Artists, p. 258, where the artist is described as “a prolific inro decorator”.
By Kakosai (Kakyosai) Shozan, signed Kakyosai 可夾齋 saku 作
Japan, Edo (Tokyo), 19
th
century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The kinji ground transitioning towards the lower sections to a black lacquered ground with dense gold sprinkles, finely worked in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as kirigane flakes, one side depicting a rooster atop a kanko drum, decorated with a sinuous dragon and clouds, and backed by a togidashi stream and prunus below misty clouds. The reverse with a rooster and chicks framed by rockwork, crashing waves, and a pine. The interior of dense nashiji with gold fundame edges. Signed underneath KAKYOSAI saku [made by Kakyosai].
HEIGHT 9.5 cm, LENGTH 4.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, light rubbing to the edges, minuscule typical losses to the kirigane flakes, and few light surface scratches.
Kanko-dori
, meaning a cockerel perched atop a barrel drum, is a symbol of peace under a good ruler. It is based on a Chinese story; such drums were traditionally used in ancient China to warn the approach of enemy forces. However, in peace times they were not used and birds roosted upon the moss-gathered drums.
Kakosai (Kakyosai) Shozan
was a lacquerer who worked in Edo in the early 19
th
century. He was influenced by Kajikawa and may have learnt the art in the Kajikawa family workshop before he went independent. Shozan’s inro are typically lenticular and are often embellished with fine inlays. A group of inro artists shared his technique, though whether as pupils or in some other way is not certain. See Earle, Joe [ed.] (1995) The Index of Inro Artists, p. 258, where the artist is described as “a prolific inro decorator”.