ATTRIBUTED TO IGARASHI DOHO 1, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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A RARE SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX]
ATTRIBUTED TO IGARASHI DOHO 1, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
Of rectangular form with overlapping cover, the black ground decorated in gold takamakie, gold and silver heidatsu, kirikane, hirame, shell inlay and nashiji, the interior with fine gyobu ground, kinfun, hiramakie, heidatsu and inlays of shell, the mizuire of shibuichi, the exterior depicting autumn flowers and grasses, the interior with foliage beside a stream
22.4cm. long

Provenance

William Sturgis Bigelow

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Lot Essay

The first Igarashi Doho moved, together with his adopted son Doho II, and pupil, Shimizu Kyubei, from Kyoto his native city to Kanazawa in Kaga at the behest of Maida Toshitsune, daimyo of the province in around 1700. Doho was the son of Igarashi Hosai and a decendant of Shinsai (c.1407-90), the founder of the school. After the fame of Igarashi lacquer was established in Kanezawa, Doho returned to Kyoto where he died in 1678. Neither of the first two Doho masters signed their work.

For two further suzuribako by Doho 1 see Tokyo National Museum, Special Exhibition Oriental Lacquer Arts (Tokyo 1977), nos. 301 and 302, both with designs similar to this, but over a gold ground.

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