International studio (53.1914)

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CARVED RED LACQUER TABLE
(Nishi Hongivanji sale, 1789 yen)

handed down from the Great Hideyoshi, there
were Yorunasa, Okina, Kotenjin and Otenjin by
Tatsuemon ; Yama-uba, Hawk, Sho jo, Tobide,
O-beshime, Ko-beshime and Heida by Shakuzuru ;

Zeigan, Kantan-otoka, Yase-onna, Shakumi, Doji,
Kogasshiki by Zekan ; Suji-otoko and Mikazuki by
Tokuwaka; Yama-uba, Old Woman, Zeigan and
Thin Man by Higoori, and Naki-zo by Iseki.
There were also other omote by such mask-carvers
as Fukurai, Bunzo, Manko, Deme, Tenjo, Chuko,
Naito, Sanboko, and Konoye.


CARVED RED LACQUER TABLE
(Nishi Hongwanji sale, 2880 yezi)


COMPLETE SET OI-' CHINESE WRESTLER’S DRESS (TEMP. TAIKO HIDEYOSHI)
(Nishi HongnuaDi sale, 1311 yen)

Of twelve pieces of No
costume descended from
Hideyoshi six were labelled
isho (costume), four kari-
ginu (hunting costume)
and two han-giri (brocade
trousers). 'There were
besides more than two
hundred pieces of No
costumes, all rich with
gold and silver yet with
their gorgeousness subdued
by harmonious colour and
invested with that deep
aristocratic tone which we
find exclusively in the best
of old No costumes. 'There
was also a complete set of
dresses for the Chinese
wrestlers. It is said that
this was one of the three
sets that -were donated by
the King of Corea to
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