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With a Original Box and wrriten by Artist and Sokuchusai
Diameter 8cm, Height 5.5cm
This work is a Sumiyoshi maki-e flat jujube by Chokan Ema, a maki-e artist in Kyoto. Sumiyoshi maki-e refers to the design of the torii gate, drum bridge, pond, temple, and surrounding pine trees of Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka, and is one of the designs of maki-e. It is one of the designs of maki-e. Since the Momoyama period (1568-1600), maki-e was actively used in maki-e under the influence of dynastic culture such as “The Tale of Genji” and “Sumiyoshi Monogatari”.
In this work, too, pine trees are painstakingly maki-e-worked on the back of the lid and even on the risers.
On the front of the lid, a bridge motif is drawn in maki-e, creating a tranquil and elegant atmosphere.
On the top of the stand, there is an inscription “Chokan-saku” (by Chokan).
On the back of the box lid, there is an inscription by the 13th Iemoto of Omotesenke, Sokuchusai Sosho.
On the bottom of the box is the signature of Ema Chokan.
Ema Chokan
1881 - 1940
Maki-e artist in modern Kyoto. Born in Nara, the son of a samurai of the Yamatokoriyama domain, his real name was Choji.
At the age of 18, he went to Osaka to study under Shunsai Konishi, a maki-e maki-e artist, and later under Rihei V Yamamoto. After his master's death, he continued to work with Rihei VI, but became independent after Rihei VI's death. From 1916 to 1930, he taught lacquer art at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, and was active in the world of lacquer art in Kyoto.
He also exhibited at the Imperial Exhibition, was a councilor of the Kyoto Crafts Art Association, and was a member of the Kyoto Crafts Academy. He also produced many items for the Ministry of the Imperial Household, including an inkstone box with a heavy maki-e lacquer design (owned by the Imperial Household Agency, San-no-Maru Shokurakan). In 1919, he produced an inkstone box and a writing stand for the Crown Prince's wedding ceremony, based on designs by Sessaka Sesska, and in 1923, together with Kamisaka Yukichi, Geida Shuetsu, and others, he produced a bookcase presented by Kyoto City for the wedding ceremony of Prince Higashinomiya.
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