Ivory, beautiful golden-yellow patina. One-piece, rectangular rounded with lowered edge. In recessed relief with very finely engraved details the devil hunter Sh?ki with drawn sword looking out from behind a post, while the devil he is hunting is fleeing through a slide door, its back and one leg visible on the front, while his head and shoulder are already visible through the torn paper wall on the back. ? 3.6cm. Signed: Ryukei & Kakihan, cf. MCI p. 671. Student of Hokei, an artist from Ky?to, who later worked in T?ky?. Condition A.
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