THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Jokasai

Raiko Killing the Giant Spider Inro

Jokasai four case inro.

L3

A four case red Inro. The red lacquer ground is decorated in hiramakie with Raiko slaying a giant spider.

Signed: Jokasai
Provenance: Spinks
Published: Item 346 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Dimensions: 9.5cm long x 6.2cm wide

A number of successive generations of the Yamada family used the name Jokasai, from the end of the 17th through the 19th century. The present example is a fine work by one of the later members of the family.

Ojime: Coral bead

Netsuke: Ivory, wood and coral netsuke of a seated child holding a tub with a plant.  (NL3)
Japan, 19th century
Signed: Tomochika, Edo