Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan, 1838–1922 by Roger F. Hackett Netsuke Famille jaune miniature cage pots

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Decorated in a peony flower motif

marked 九谷祥山 (Kutani Shozan) on base

This chest can be easily used stacked or separated for use as two bedside pieces

Mounted in WWII officer’s guntō koshirae (leather-covered wooden saya

Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan, 1838–1922 by Roger F. Hackett Netsuke Famille jaune miniature cage potsThe definitive English language political biography of Yamagata Aritomo (18381922), the Chsh born military and political architect of the Meiji state. Hackett traces Yamagata's career from his role as a loyalist in the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate through his decades as the dominant force behind Japanese military modernization, constitutional development, and oligarchic politics. A foundational text in Meiji political history and still the