Three shibuichi kozuka
Ichinomiya School, 19th century
The first engraved with the poetess, Ono no Komachi washing her book, watched by two nobles, signed Nagatsune with kao; the second engraved with a wild boar among grasses, signed Nagatsune with kao; the third engraved and inlaid with people watching fleeing chickens, signed Nagatsune with kao. (3).
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Footnotes
小柄　3点　19世紀

Provenance: the first from the W W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1968.
The second purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1970.
The third purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1960.