Umezawa Ryushin (1874-1953)
Late Meiji / early Showa period
A lacquer haisen – a bowl for washing sake cups. Crafted from a natural gourd and decorated with stylised leaves in hiramaki-e, the bowl and lip in tetsusabinuri. Gold lacquer sale: Ryushin.
Height 14.7cm.
With signed tomobako: Ryushin zo
The third son of Zeshin, Ryushin studied under his father and Taishin.