Lot Essay
Mitsunaga (Tsujo, 1633-1721) was 11th main line master.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
Details
A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA AND SIX OTHERS
Edo Period (18th/19th century)
A shakudo nanako kozuka inlaid in silver and gilt with a banner, signed Goto Mitsunaga with a kao; shakudo, a cherry tree in katakiri, the blossom in copper and gilt hirazogan, signed Goto mon Toho with a kao; sentoku, a hunter in iroe takazogan trying to dislodge a hawk, with signature Soyo kore o koku; shibuichi, carved with waves and inlaid with fish in gilt, copper and shibuichi, with signature Omori Eishu; shibuichi, the moon reflected in the waves by the seashore, with gilt fish baskets, silver, shakudo and copper details, signed Takeaki with a kao; shibuichi carved in low relief with a snarling wolf, gilt details, with signature Haruaki; shibuichi, a Chinese figure in katakiri fighting a demon, with signature Somin (7)
Edo Period (18th/19th century)
A shakudo nanako kozuka inlaid in silver and gilt with a banner, signed Goto Mitsunaga with a kao; shakudo, a cherry tree in katakiri, the blossom in copper and gilt hirazogan, signed Goto mon Toho with a kao; sentoku, a hunter in iroe takazogan trying to dislodge a hawk, with signature Soyo kore o koku; shibuichi, carved with waves and inlaid with fish in gilt, copper and shibuichi, with signature Omori Eishu; shibuichi, the moon reflected in the waves by the seashore, with gilt fish baskets, silver, shakudo and copper details, signed Takeaki with a kao; shibuichi carved in low relief with a snarling wolf, gilt details, with signature Haruaki; shibuichi, a Chinese figure in katakiri fighting a demon, with signature Somin (7)
Provenance
The first and third, C.P. Peak Collection
The second, Peplow and G.H. Naunton Collections
The fifth, G.H. Naunton Collection
The second, Peplow and G.H. Naunton Collections
The fifth, G.H. Naunton Collection
Literature
The second, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 412, pl. XXII.
The fourth, Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 774.
The fifth, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 2728, pl. LXXVII.
The fourth, Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 774.
The fifth, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 2728, pl. LXXVII.
Exhibited
The fourth, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
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