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A four-case lacquer inro
Signed Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903) and sealed
Decorated in sumi-e togidashi simulating an ink painting with birds flying and perched on a tree on a kinji ground on one side and on a silver ground on reverse, interior with nashiji; with bead ojime
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long
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Ikeda Taishin was born in Edo and became Shibata Zeshin’s first lacquer apprentice, aged eleven in 1835. He became an independent artist around 1870, approximately 25 years later. Together with Kawanobe Itcho (Genjiro; 1830-1910), Taishin was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1896.

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