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By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa saku and sealed Ei
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of lenticular form and oval section, bearing a lustrous kinji ground, finely worked in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as kirigane, to depict a continuous scene of Ariwara no Narihira on horseback, accompanied by attendants, passing by Mount Fuji, on his way to exile; Mount Fuji cloaked in newly fallen snow. The landscape with rolling hills and lush pine trees. The interior compartments of black lacquer and gold fundame rims. Signed to the underside in gold KAJIKAWA saku [made by Kajikawa] and with the characteristic red ‘tsubo’ (pot) seal Ei.
With a coral ojime. The en suite netsuke in the form of a simple horse.
HEIGHT 8.5 cm, LENGTH 5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and expected losses to kirigane. Some wear to cord-holes and dents to the lower case. The coral ojime with minor age cracks.
Provenance: From an Italian private collection, acquired from Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, on 23 October 1999.
The inro depicts Ariwara Narihira (825-80), the famously handsome ninth-century poet who, it is said, was banished from court for having an affair with an imperial consort. While traveling to his exile in the deep north, Narihira passed beneath Mount Fuji, cloaked in newly fallen snow. Noting the strangeness of snow so close to summer, Narihira composed the following poem:
Fuji is a mountain
that has no sense of time.
What season does it take this for
That it should be dappled with newly fallen snow
When one travels on foot along a course near a big mountain, one has the feeling that progress is slowed by the overwhelming immobility of the mountain that seems to be eternally watching. This sensation is lyrically expressed in this lacquered inro. Fuji's immobility is emphasized in contrast to the gentle rhythm of the row of pine trees to the verso and the crawling pace of the travelers.
By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa saku and sealed Ei
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of lenticular form and oval section, bearing a lustrous kinji ground, finely worked in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as kirigane, to depict a continuous scene of Ariwara no Narihira on horseback, accompanied by attendants, passing by Mount Fuji, on his way to exile; Mount Fuji cloaked in newly fallen snow. The landscape with rolling hills and lush pine trees. The interior compartments of black lacquer and gold fundame rims. Signed to the underside in gold KAJIKAWA saku [made by Kajikawa] and with the characteristic red ‘tsubo’ (pot) seal Ei.
With a coral ojime. The en suite netsuke in the form of a simple horse.
HEIGHT 8.5 cm, LENGTH 5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and expected losses to kirigane. Some wear to cord-holes and dents to the lower case. The coral ojime with minor age cracks.
Provenance: From an Italian private collection, acquired from Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, on 23 October 1999.
The inro depicts Ariwara Narihira (825-80), the famously handsome ninth-century poet who, it is said, was banished from court for having an affair with an imperial consort. While traveling to his exile in the deep north, Narihira passed beneath Mount Fuji, cloaked in newly fallen snow. Noting the strangeness of snow so close to summer, Narihira composed the following poem:
Fuji is a mountain
that has no sense of time.
What season does it take this for
That it should be dappled with newly fallen snow
When one travels on foot along a course near a big mountain, one has the feeling that progress is slowed by the overwhelming immobility of the mountain that seems to be eternally watching. This sensation is lyrically expressed in this lacquered inro. Fuji's immobility is emphasized in contrast to the gentle rhythm of the row of pine trees to the verso and the crawling pace of the travelers.
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