THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Nemoto Shibayama three case inro.

L6

A three case gold Inro with Shibayama decoration, on a kinji ground, depicting a man, in a kago, visiting Geisha seen on the reverse.

Signed: Nemoto
Provenance: Sydney Moss
Published: Item 319 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Dimensions: 10.5cm long x 7.3cm wide

A richly decorated inro, in typical Shibayama style, made at the end of the 19th century

Ojime: Pierced and carved ivory.

Netsuke: Ivory netsuke of a fallen warrior possibly recalling happier times.  (NL6)
Japan, 19th century
Signed: Gyokusen, Edo