SIGNED ANRAKUGA NAI JYO KONOMI NI YORI [TO THE TASTE OF AN ACTOR ANRAKUGA], ODA NAOKATA HORU KORE, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

The artist was a student of the first master Naoka who usually worked with iron, but the second master Naotaka preferred shakudo. Working with soft metal enabled him to be more precise with his carving than his teacher.