Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 11. (Budapest, 1968)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: Japanese Inrö in the Hopp Museum

12. Square, large-size inrö of three cases. (Fig. 12. a-b). External channels. Inside reddish brown, large-grained nashiji. The decoration goes all around. Heavy see, high rocks with ten and five ebi. Exceptionally rich gold hira- and takamakie, nashiji, kirigane, okibirame, yakigane, koban kinpun. The ebi are carved in red lacquer, their eyes are black. The waves are rendered with gold takamakie and some silver makie combined with blackish shading. On the lid and bottom gold nashiji. 9.3X9.3 cm. Signature: Koma Kansai (Koma Kansai II, 1766-1835). Early 19

th century. Previously published by Z. Felvinczi Takáts.

24 A representative inrö made by one of the best inrömakers of the 19

th century. The artistic value of this inrö consists, besides the composition, in the gorgeous contrast of the sparkling gold particles with the lustreless carved red lacquer bodies of the ebi. 13. Inrö of four cases, with rounded ends. (Fig. 13. a-b). Internal channels. Inside nashiji. The kinji ground turns into thinly scattered nashiji below. Yo-jö piercing with lus sword the gown of king Chö Bu-jutsu. On the other side a mounted horseman. Gold hira- and takamakie, black and red lacquer. 8.5X5.5 cm. Signature: Shökwasai. The rounded shape, kinji ground and figurai representations of historical persons are characteristic of this famous inrömaker of the first half of the 19"

1 century. 24 Felvinczi Takáts Z. : op. cit. p. 5 and frontispiece. Fig. 13. a-b 11 Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyve 101