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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MAOSAI SHUKYO (TSUKADA SHUKYO; 1848-1918), SEALED SHIN Rectangular shibuichi body with round edges and corners, finely designed and chiseled with pine tree in heavy rain, details inlaid in gold and silver 3 ? x 2 ? in. (9.5 x 7 cm.)
Tsukada Shukyo had been schooled in painting by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) and in metalwork by Kano Natsuo (1828-1898). His art name Shinyusai is composed of the character 'Shin' from Zeshin, and 'yu' from Natsuo as tribute to his great teachers. Shukyo gave a demonstration of his metal carving techniques to the Emperor Meiji and was appointed as an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1913.