Yoshida Yasubei (active circa 1880)


A pair of inlaid bronze vasesMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe pear-shaped bottles heavily cast and decorated with nandina berries, bell flowers and flowering vines in iro-e takazogan, takabori, and shishiai-bori, signed on the underside Nihon Saikyo Yoshida Yasubei 10 3/4in (27.3cm)
|Yoshida Yasubei is listed among the artists who presented their work at the 1876 International Exhibition at Philadelphia. His contribution is listed as a bronze vessel; the catalogue identifies him only as a Kyoto artist. See Imperial Japanese Commission to the International Exhibition, International Exhibition, 1876, Tokyo, 1876, p. 405.