Otojiro Komai - Signed Japanese Gold & Silver Inlay Damascene Case
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Description
Extensive Japanese landscape depicting the Itsukushima Shrine and its famous 'floating gate'. Boats in the foreground and mountains in the background, executed in the traditional Japanese style often seen on kimonos, textiles and woodblock prints. Fine detail, high degree of craftsmanship and plentiful use of gold inlay highlight the workmanship and artistic quality of Komai Otojiro and his studio.
Size - 3 3/8" x 3 1/4" x 1/2" (8.5 cm x 8.2 cm x 1.6 cm)
CONDITION : Light wear as shown in the photographs.
NOTES / REFERENCES : Komai Otojiro (1842-1917).The Komai family worked as a sword furniture maker in Kyoto for generations. It was a father of Otojiro Komai (and a grandfather of Seibei Komai) who in 1853 originated a form of damascene (or Japaneze Zogan) used to ornament and decorate swords, guns, daggers and various types of sword furniture. With the major changes brought about by the Meiji restoration (beginning of 1868) and a Haitorei Edict (March 1876), the Japanese were no longer allowed to wear swords, so the Komai family, like many others, had to find another form of livelihood. They applied their damascene craft (inlaid work of gold and silver on iron ware) to creating objects in Western and traditional Japanese styles producing vases, purses, cigar, cigarette and card cases, jewelry boxes, coat buttons, combs, buckles, incense burners, hanging plates, lockets, brooches, charms, spoons, bracelets, cabinets and others.
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