Lot Essay
The inside cover of the tomobako with inscription:
Dai san kai naikoku kangyo hakurankai shuppin houjo koreni zokusu [praised in the third National Industrial Exposition], 1890
Shuppin-nin Kosuge Kojiro [exhibited (at the 3rd Domestic Industrial Exposition, 1890) by Kosuge Kojiro]
Meiji niju-san nen hachi-gatsu kore wo motomu Kitani zo [Acquired in August 1890 by Kitani]
Ikeda Taishin was born in Edo and in 1835 became Shibata Zeshin’s first lacquer apprentice, aged eleven. Taishin became an independent artist around 1870, approximately 25 years later. In 1896 he was appointed an Imperial Artist.
Dai san kai naikoku kangyo hakurankai shuppin houjo koreni zokusu [praised in the third National Industrial Exposition], 1890
Shuppin-nin Kosuge Kojiro [exhibited (at the 3rd Domestic Industrial Exposition, 1890) by Kosuge Kojiro]
Meiji niju-san nen hachi-gatsu kore wo motomu Kitani zo [Acquired in August 1890 by Kitani]
Ikeda Taishin was born in Edo and in 1835 became Shibata Zeshin’s first lacquer apprentice, aged eleven. Taishin became an independent artist around 1870, approximately 25 years later. In 1896 he was appointed an Imperial Artist.