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€ 450
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Made of iron, nade-maru-gata, yo-sukashi, depicting two ears of millet, awa, with leaves. The very fine details in fine carving with gold nunome representing dew moisture. Kozuka-hitsu-ana open, Kogai-hitsu-ana with Ategane. Cooked millet was widely used in soups together with vegetables. The Shoami and Ito schools were created in the 17th century in Sagami, the founders were students of Umetada specialized in various fields and some of them moved to Edo. Subjects were initially geometric and then became naturalistic, especially in the artists working in Edo in the first half of the 19th century.