A creative masterpiece! Remarkable brass Incense burner with the subject - Kinoe-inu甲 戌, designed and made by famous master - Hasuda Shugoro蓮田 修吾郎. Artist name 修 was signed on the bottom. with inscribed tomobako. Kinoe-inu (Koboku-inu, Koujutsu) is one of the Chinese zodiac signs. It is the 11th combination of the Chinese zodiac signs, with the previous one being Water Rooster and the next being Yi Hai. In the Yin-Yang and Five Elements system, Kino-inu (Ki of the Ten Heavenly Stems) is Yang Wood, and Inu (Inu of the Branches) is Yang Earth, so they are in a mutual destruction relationship (wood defeats earth). Artist: Hasuda Shugoro蓮田 修吾郎(August 2, 1915 - January 6, 2010) was a metal caster. He was a recipient of the Order of Culture and a member of the Japan Art Academy. He was a leading figure in metal molding in Japan. Born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Design and Painting at Ishikawa Prefectural Technical School in 1928[1] and the Department of Metal Casting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1938. While there, he studied under Takamura Toyoshu. He was selected for the 5th Nitten Exhibition in 1949 for the first time, and won the Nitten Special Asakura Prize for "Trophy" in 1951[1]. In 1952, he founded the Creative Crafts Association. In 1953, he won the Nitten Hokuto Prize for "Black Panther Cast Copper Screen" and in 1959, he won the Nitten Minister of Education Prize for "Wild Buffalo and Nymph". In 1961, he participated in the founding of the Japan Contemporary Crafts Artists Association and won the Japan Art Academy Prize for "The Rumbling of the Forest". In 1975, he became a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (later a professor emeritus) and a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1976, he established the Japan Metal Molding Research Institute, and in 1978, he founded the Metal Molding Artists Exhibition. In 1981, he created the "Bridge to the Four Islands" monument at Cape Nosappu in Hokkaido to commemorate the return of the Northern Territories. In 1996, he was appointed an advisor to the Nitten Exhibition. He died of sepsis on January 6, 2010. He was 94 years old. He was awarded the Third Rank. Before the war, he created works based on the idea of ​​"use is beauty," but after the war, he pursued "pure beauty" and shifted his focus to environmental sculpture using metal. With inscribed tomobako. Dimensions: 11.5 x 8 x 8 cm Excellent condition, barely used with minimal signs of wear, please also take a look at the listed photos for a reference. Will be well packaged and shipping by Japan Post in fast delivery.