Imre Jakabffy (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 1. (Budapest, 1973)

FERENCZY, László: Japanese inro in the Hopp Museum. Part two

37a 37b querers adopted with preference his later paintings departing already from the Kanö style. This inrô complements the list of inrô decorated after the paintings of Hanabusa Itchő, of which I know of seven.' From the technical point of view this inrô is interesting so far as its decoration shows a later technical combination of various colours, surfaces and inlays, instead of the dominant gold decoration. 38. Inrô of three cases; internal channels (Fig. 38). The decoration of the two sides is connected both in the scene and in the techniques. Small gold particles of various size are strewn into the brown ground. The figures of three Manzai dancers are represented — two dancers with fan on one side and the third one beating a drum on the other side — in gold hira- and takamakie, with some black lacquer and on the garments with some gold foil. 7.6X5.9 cm. Signature: Inaba. This inro is interesting more for the figures of the Manzai dancers, appearing in towns around the New Year in the Tokugawa period, than for its quality or technique. With regard to this we must date it to the early or mid 19th century, although a lacquerer of similar name is mentioned both by Weber and by Herberts from the 18th century. 39. Inro of one case; internal channels (Fig. 39). The inside is black. On both sides leafy