A group of seven assorted yatate (portable writing sets)


The fourth by the Kajikawa studio, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryComprising a small silvered-brass set decorated with foliate scroll; a silver set designed with a ribbed handle and ink reservoir; a large brass set carved with flowering vines and a heraldic crest in kebori, fitted with a hinged netsuke for storing seal paste; a lacquer set decorated with cherry blossoms and pine needles in iro-e hiramaki-e ona roiro-nuri ground, signed Kajikawa saku and with a jar seal, fitted with a lacquer bead ojime; a bronze set decorated with keyfrets in gold hirazogan, fitted with a hardstone bead ojime and a silver water-dropper netsuke cast as a table supporting the attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, with a writing brush; a bronze set cast with dragons in clouds, fitted with a pewter water-dropper netsuke formed as a gourd, with a writing brush; a silver set decorated with scrolling vines in kebori, the ink reservoir attached by a linked chain, illegibly sealed, with a writing brush (7) 7 7/8in (20cm) long, the largest