A bamboo charyo (tea scoop) Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931 Fashioned from a section of bamboo and chased in katakiribori with a single wasp, signed Shokosai tsukuru (Made by Shokosai) and signed Showa kanoto-hitsuji aki no hi ko-Tessai nanashuki tsuizen no tame Tetsuro to (Carved by Tetsuro on a day in autumn 1931, in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the passing of old Tessai), and signed Tetsuro to (Carved by Tetsuro) and with the artist's kao (cursive monogram) With a wood tomobako storage box obscurely inscribed on the exterior Baichiku charyo hachi kizamumono Ichikawa Seiro 5 3/8in (13.5cm) long