Lot 332

No visible damages or repairs, scuffing and rubbing to underside of the body.


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Kakuha Kanzaemon IX was from a lineage of metalworkers from Toyama. In 1869, he started a branch office in the port of Yokohama for export trade of bronze ware and also acted as a retailer for foreign clients in Japan.