SHIOZU MASATOSHI (DATES UNKNOWN)AShakudo Kogo (Box for Storing Incense)Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryCarved and worked on the surface to resemble a piece of charcoal, signed on the underside insosho (cursive) scriptShogetsudo Masatoshi tsukuru (Made by Shogetsu Masatoshi); with a woodtomobako storage box inscribed outsideShakudo kirisumi kogo (Shakudo incense box in a shape of sliced charcoal), inside the lid signedShogetsudo Masatoshi with a sealMasatoshi; and an outer plain wood storage box.1.5cm x 5cm (5/8in x 2in). (4).Provenance: Shiozu Masatoshi was a member of a lineage of metalworkers, all using the art name Shogetsudo, who were active in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, from the early Meiji era until the end of World War II.