Pipecase with Kojima Takanori

Kiseruzutsu (pipecase) in staghorn and silver of musozutsu type decorated with the figure of Kojima Takanori writing on the tree. Kojima Takanori was the son of Norinaga and is often depicted as he writes a Chinese poem on the trunk of a cherry tree. In this case the inscription corresponds to the craftman's name Harumitsu.

Signed Harumitsu
春光

19th century