LARGE AND SMALL (DAISHO) ISHIGURO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU ISHIGURO, MASAAKI AND ISHIGURO, MASATSUNE

Details

LARGE AND SMALL (DAISHO) ISHIGURO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku ishiguro, masaaki and ishiguro, masatsune
In gold, the sho (small) pair by Ishiguro Masatsune II, formed as hawks in flight, the details of the feathers finely carved, the eyes rendered in Goto style; the dai (large) pair by Ishiguro Masaaki, similarly depicting hawks both raising one wing slightly, the talons pierced
Dai, width 1in. (3.2cm.) and 16in. (3cm.), thickness 4mm. each ; sho, width 1.1/8in. (2.8cm.) and 16in. (2.7cm.), thickness 4mm. each (4)

Exhibited

Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), pl. 11.

For Ishiguro Masatsune II see lot 598. Ishiguro Masaaki was a student of Masatsune I and is considered as skilled as Ishiguro Masayoshi.