A Japanese bronze figure of Prince Shotoku, holding a temple incense burner by Ishikawa Mitsuaki (1852 - 1913), seal mark, inscribed wood box. Ishikawa Mitsuaki studied Kano School painting and sculpture under his father, a wood carver who worked for the Shogunate. He created various carved interior decorations at the Imperial Palace, and received many prizes in international and domestic exhibitions with works in ivory and wood. He was hired by the Tokyo Fine Arts School in 1890, and was appointed Imperial Artist the same year. His Kannon Bosatsu wooden relief, exhibited in the 1900 Paris International Exhibition are two of his finest pieces, both receiving prizes. He remained a professor of the Tokyo Fine Arts School until his death in 1913.