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21ST CENTURY, SIGNED MASAHIRO (KAMIYAMA MASAHIRO; B. 1955) The gold and shakudo butterfly constructed of numerous hammered parts jointed together with movable wings and shakudo limbs, the details finely inlaid in gold, silver, shibuichi, shakudo and copper, signature on a gold tablet applied on the body 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) wide With double wood box, titled Nagasaki agehacho (Swallowtail butterfly), signed Masahiro kinsei, sealed Masahiro
The dragonfly, cicada, butterfly, praying mantis, beetle and grasshopper are popular themes of jizai sculpture, often made of different types of metal. The earliest dated example of an articulated insect is the 1753 iron butterfly by Myochin Muneyasu in the Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo. It demonstrates a pure and rather simplified beauty compared to the more elaborate and realistic style of those made in later periods.