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When the Meiji government first began to participate in international expositions during the 1870s, bronzes similar to that illustrated here made an immediate and profound impression on foreign observers and attracted much favourable comment. The extraordinary complex decoration includes several motifs from Japanese illustrated books, combined with intricate low-relief ornament to produce a rich and exotic effect designed to appeal to foreign taste. The design on one side of the main body shows an old man holding a staff and a bell, standing on one side of a stream, being approached by Kanamari Daisuke, a retainer of Satomi Yoshizane other side of the stream. The same motif is seen on a contemporary bronze by a different artist in the collection of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (inv.
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
Incense Burner (Koro)
Date
1870–1875
Medium
bronze, with decorations in gilt, silver, shibuichi & shakudo
Accession number
727
Work type
Sculpture
