A SHIBUICHI TSUBA AND A SHOZUI TSUBA

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

A SHIBUICHI TSUBA AND A SHOZUI TSUBA
Edo period (18th Century)
The oval migakiji plate depicting a cormorant fisherman in takabori, gold, silver and copper zogan, the reverse with a boat, with signature Nagatsune and kao; and the oval shibuichi migakiji plate decorated with a man pulling a piece of coral beneath the moon among clouds in gold, silver and copper takazogan, signed Shozui
26in. (6.5cm.), thickness 4mm. and 2¾in. (7cm.), thickness 5mm. respectively

Lot Essay

The most famous area for cormorant fishing is the Nagaragawa in Gifu prefecture. An usho is a fisherman who uses twelve tethered cormorants at a time without entangling the ropes. The subject has always been popular among painters and literati.

The second tsuba accompanied by a Hozon certificate by the N.B.T.H.K.

Hamano Shozui (1696-1769) was the founder of the Hamano school in Edo and was a student of Nara Toshinaga.

More from JAPANESE

View All