THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Bamboo & Prunus Inro

Joka five case inro.

L26

A five case gold lacquer inro decorated with a hanaike (hanging flower vase) formed of a section of bamboo and a prunus flower in silver and pearl inlay.

Signed: Joka
Provenance: G. James
Published: Item 280 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Dimensions: 9.4cm long x 4.7cm wide

Joka is a shortened form of the name Jokasai. 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: Metal ojime decorated in gold and other metals with fruits in relief.

Seal: Not known
Provenance: G. James
Published: Item 280 (ojime) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Netsuke: A gold lacquer arrangement of two plum blossoms.  (NL26)
Japan, 19th century
Signed: Unsigned