Yoshioka Inabanosuke and Mitsuaki

A fuchi-gashira and an earlier fuchi
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th century

A fuchi-gashira and an earlier fuchi
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th century
The fuchi-gashira of shakudo with fine nanako granulation, each piece with a five-petal ume-mon (prunus crest) in gilt relief, the copper plate of the fuchi signed Yoshioka Inabanosuke; the earlier fuchi of gilt shakudo with relief decoration of shishi (Chinese lions) and peonies, signed Mino no ju Mitsuaki (Mitsuaki of Mino [Province])
With a wood storage box