What we are going to ship is a Karamono wood carving medium Natsume.Comes with Sokei Hisada calligraphy inspection. As this work is attributed to a Fumai era, the seventh lord of Matsue called Matsudaira Harusato Aka fumai, as fumai-ko means fumai school.The paper written certified that the calligraphy etc comes from that period.
And yes, SOKEI...

(b.1927) studied with Kato Kageaki(1899-1972, Yasukage's grandfather) and then with LNT Tomimoto Kenkichi before establishing his kiln in 1961. In 2010 he was designated a Toki City(birthplace of Shino) Intangible Cultural Property for his Black Seto. From a young age, Takuzo Mizuno (b. 1927) apprenticed with several well-known potters including...

Taikai chaire Creator: Oketani Tei'ichi.Description: Kyoto ware chaire with a rich orange-brown glaze; zōge lid with gold foil on the bottom; with silk tea caddy bag (shifuku 仕服); daikai ("great ocean" i.e. wide mouth) shape; with signed tomobako.Subject: Japanese tea ceremony.Subject: Tea caddies.Subject: Pottery, Japanese.Style.Period:...

MAGNIFICENT JAPANESE NATSUME Sumiyoshi Makie Urasenke

An up-and-coming young lacquer artist. He has a strong commitment to the black lacquer "jet black", and one of the characteristics is his style that makes the best use of it.