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Nomura Soken was of the school of Nomura Kanenori, a pupil of Soheishi Soten I. He was working in the middle of the 18th century.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY) AND MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
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A NOMURA SOKEN tsuba AND A KAMAKURA tsuba
Edo period (18th century) and Momoyama period (16th century)
Both of iron, the first heavily carved in Hikone-bori with a ho-o over a wisteria branch, the beak and legs inlaid in copper and other details in gold, signed Goshu Hikone no ju Yumeishi Nomura Soken, 7.5cm; the second in mokko form, the plate carved in typical fashion with stylised clouds, a leaf, a flower and other forms, 7.5cm. (2)
Edo period (18th century) and Momoyama period (16th century)
Both of iron, the first heavily carved in Hikone-bori with a ho-o over a wisteria branch, the beak and legs inlaid in copper and other details in gold, signed Goshu Hikone no ju Yumeishi Nomura Soken, 7.5cm; the second in mokko form, the plate carved in typical fashion with stylised clouds, a leaf, a flower and other forms, 7.5cm. (2)
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