INR? TWO TANUKI.
Japan. Edo Period. 19th century.

Four-piece with seperate cord runners. On a roir?mura-nashiji-Fond with iroe-takabori and mother-of-pearl inlays two well-nourished Tanuki in hilly landscape with flowering Hagi-shrub. One looking up at the full moon; the other with his head down. On the back additionally blossoming chrysantheme. H.8;5cm. Sign.: Kajikawa and red seal with additional name. Condition A/B. Enclosure: Ojime made of red glass. Minimal cracks in second shelf.

Art trade; Van Ham.