TAKUSAI I: A WOOD PORTABLE SHRINE (ZUSHI) CONTAINING A BRONZE FIGURE OF JUICHIMEN KANNON, LATE EDO TO MEIJI PERIOD

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TAKUSAI I: A WOOD PORTABLE SHRINE (ZUSHI) CONTAINING A BRONZE FIGURE OF JUICHIMEN KANNON, LATE EDO TO MEIJI PERIOD By Honma Takusai I (1812-1891), signed Takusai Japan, 19th century, late Edo (1615-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912) The shrine with gilt-metal fittings and a woven silk interior back. The figure well cast standing in samabhanga atop a lotus dais raised on a balustraded hexagonal tiered plinth supported on a rounded base, the right hand lowered in varada mudra and the left holding a lotus stem coming to full bloom at the shoulder, wearing loose-fitting robes and billowing scarves, the chest adorned with a beaded necklace, the face with a serene expression, the head surmounted by ten smaller heads centered by two diminutive figures of the Buddha Amitabha, backed by the intricately worked flaming kogai (aureole). The back of the plinth cast with the signature TAKUSAI. Inscriptions: The interior of one door to the shrine inscribed 初代琢斎翁之作、十一面観音、三世琢斎鑑 Shodai Takusai o no saku, Juichimen Kannon, Sansei Takusai kan [This is made by Takusai I, The Eleven Headed Kannon, attested by Takusai III] with a seal 琢斎鑑之 Takusai kan kore [attested by Takusai (III)] HEIGHT 21.8 cm (the shrine), 17.3 cm (the figure) Honma Takusai I (1812-1891) was a bronze metal caster from the late Edo to Meiji period. He was born as the eldest son of Hara Tokusai, a foundryman from a small village in Echigo, and was called Sadanobu. He took over the family business at a young age, and learned the wax casting technique from Obata Dosai in Edo. In 1824, at the age of 16, he created the first wax cast copper stationery and tea utensils using the wax casting technique. He then handed over the family business to his younger brother, third son Ryosuke, and moved to Sado, where he married into the Honma Rokubei family. There he started a foundry business and began making temple bells, lanterns, vases, stationery, as well as Buddhist altar implements and incense burners.

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