Ichiryu Tomoyoshi

Meiji period 19/20th century

1868-1912

Silver box

A beautiful solid silver box working in gold and shakudo. The box has a figure inlaid on the lid dancing holding what seems to be a rabbit to his head. Intricately inlaid gold has been working into the precious alloy of shakudo to create the man's kimono with silver used for the surface of the man's skin.

The work is signed on the reverse in a shakudo tablet with the name Ichiryu Tomoyoshi who was the 5th generation of the well-known makers of sword fittings of the Edo period. Ichiryu Tomoyoshi unlike his predecessors made metal work for the export market during the Meiji period.

Signed Ichiryu Tomoyoshi

Size 52mm x 24mm