Inro from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield -- Sotheby's - $13 - (Schaumburg, IL)
Inro from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield. Sotheby's New York. 1998. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text. 166 pages with 133 lots with color illustrations and captions. Excellent condition. Auction catalogue for the sale held at Sotheby's New York on the 25th of March 1998. "Charles A Greenfield (1903-1997) was one of the last surviving members of what might be called the second generation of Japanese art collectors in the West. After Japan was opened to the outside world, following the visit by Commodore Perry in 1853, Western collectors became enamored of various Japanese arts, particularly the miniature art forms of netsuke, inro and the fittings of the Japanese sword. A number of these early collections, formed in France, Germany, Great Britain and America, were dispersed during the first quarter of this century and provided fodder for the next generation of connoisseurs. Among these was Charles Greenfield who started collecting in the late 1930's. He began slowly, acquiring a few netsuke, then branching out to add inro and sword fittings.(.) Among the collection offered here is an unusually large number of inro from the earliest manufacturing periods of the late 16th and 17th centuries. Included are examples of the Rimpa style, with designs by Ogata Korin, Tsuchida Soetsu and their followers, as well as boldly decorated inro by Ogawa Haritsu "Ritsu" and his pupil Mochizuki Hanzan. There are also 18th and 19th Century works.
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