Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 11. (Budapest, 1968)
HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: Japanese Inrö in the Hopp Museum
23. Inrö of four cases (Fig. 23. a-b). Interior channels. Inside dark nashiji. Iris in a flower pot and flowers under the roof of a cottage. Gold hira- and takamakie, yakigane and koban, kirigane, red lacquer. The surface of the vase imitates rust. 8.3X5 cm. Signature: Kajikawa and kakihan in the form of a vase. Mid or late 19 th century. 24. Inrö of four cases (Fig. 24). External channels. Inside fine-grained dark nashiji. Sparse nashiji in the black background. Waterside with rocks and bamboo. On the branches bending over the water an eagle on each side. Gold hira- and takamakie, yakigane. On the rocks and branches okibirame and aogai inlay. Lead inlay. One of the eagles is covered with gold foil. 10.2X5.4 cm. Signature: Shöjusai. First part of the 19th century. An inrö of good quality, with the decoration taken probably from a painting. 25. Flat inrö of four cases (Fig. 25.). Interior channels. Different sorts of nashiji grounds and decorations on each case in various techniques. Iris, cherry blossoms, chrysanthemums and hagi, paper slips and the character of longevity, ju. Some black lacquer and gyöbu-nashiji. 8.5X5.5 cm. Signature: Sekigawa and red kakihan in the form of a vase. Mid-19th century. An inrö of unusual decoration, possibly a model for various techniques. The Ko-ji hö-ten mentions a Sekigawa lacquerer without date, who incrusted his inrö with small plaquettes and motifs of the Hirata family of enamellers. 28 28 Weber, V. F.: Ko-ji hö-ten. Paris. 1923. P. II. p. 266.
