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A RARE COLLECTION OF ASSORTED HAIR ACCESSORIES

Meiji (1868-1912) era, late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising 25 kanzashi (hair pins) of various materials including glass, gold lacquer, lacquered-wood, inlaid and silvered-metal and horn, two ichidome, 16 kogai or nobebou, 39 kushi (combs), six signed respectively, Hoitsu hitsu, Seisen Morimitsu after a design by Kano Sosen, Ryosai, Yoyusai, Hosai and Kakosai saku; the majority embellished with different designs, all contained in a plain black-lacquered kodansu (cabinet). (83).
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Provenance:
Formerly a Japanese private collection, purchased in these rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 106.
Property from a Princely Collection.

Similar examples are illustrated in Kotto Rokusho, vol.23, 'Tokushu; Joseiyo soshingu kushi kanzashi (Special Issue on Ladies' Accessories: Combs and Hairpins)', Tokyo, Maria Shobo, Tokyo, 2004, pp.6-58; and Izumo Bunka Denshokan (Izumo Museum of Cultural Tradition), Nihon josei no bi no hensen: Edo 300nen bijinga to sono jidai (The Evolution of Female Beauty in Japan: 300 Years of Edo Bijinga), Shimane, 2008, pp.52-61. Compare also a remarkable study collection of 132 Japanese hair accessories, 72 of them from the collection of the great Kyoto painter Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942), sold in these rooms, 7 November 2013, lot 445; some of these are illustrated and identified in Miyoshi Kaminosuke, Kami no yosooi (Hair Ornaments), Kyoto, Kyoto Seihan Insatsusha, 1927.
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A RARE COLLECTION OF ASSORTED HAIR ACCESSORIES Meiji (1868-1912) era, late 19th/early 20th centu...

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