Artworks

Incense burner in the form of an elephant

Artwork · Shōami Katsuyoshi · 1868–1908 · censer · Khalili Collections

When the samurai lost their swords, some metalworkers turned to objets de vertu for the international expositions: an overwhelming array of metal inlay by Shōami Katsuyoshi (1831–1908) of the Shōami school of sword-guard makers. 1 Mason 2005, p. 352, fig. 411. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.