KAJIKAWA: A FINE TOGIDASHI LACQUER ‘PHEASANT AMONG BAMBOO’ KOBON (INCENSE TRAY)

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KAJIKAWA: A FINE TOGIDASHI LACQUER ‘PHEASANT AMONG BAMBOO’ KOBON (INCENSE TRAY) By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa saku 梶川作 with the pot-seal mark Ei 英 Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of horizontal rectangular form with gently curved edges, the top finely decorated in red, green, black, and gold togidashi-e to depict a serene landscape with a male pheasant striding gracefully among bamboo beside a gently flowing stream, the rising sun partially visible through the foliage. The edges are finished in gold fundame, while the underside is decorated in e-nashiji and fitted with silver rims. Signed to the lower left in gold characters KAJIKAWA saku [made by Kajikawa] and bearing the red pot-seal Ei. SIZE 9.2 x 12 cm The Kajikawa name belongs to the most celebrated dynasty of Japanese lacquer artists and is the family name most frequently encountered on inro. Traditionally founded by Hikobei in Edo in the early seventeenth century, the atelier’s fame was further secured by his son and pupil Kyujiro, whom Soken Kisho described as “the finest inro maker of past or present.” The Kajikawa served the shogunate for generations, their signatures often limited to the family name, occasionally accompanied by a red pot seal. For a comprehensive study of the Kajikawa lineage, see Edward A. Wrangham and Joe Earle (eds.), The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, pp. 107–108. Auction comparison: Compare a related togidashi four-case inro with a similar river, also by a member of the Kajikawa family, dated to the 19th century, at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 9 May 2025, Vienna, lot 19 (sold for EUR 4,940). Compare a related large togidashi lacquer tray with feathers, also signed Kajikawa saku with red pot seal, dated to the late 19th century, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 13 September 2017, New York, lot 1242 (sold for USD 1,500 or approx. EUR 1,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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