Lot Essay
The maker of the first piece, Chikayuki was a pupil of Hamano Haruchika
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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A SHIBUICHI HAMANO SCHOOL KOZUKA AND SEVEN OTHERS
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka depicting in high relief and iroe takazogan a nobleman and his servant, signed Ihosai Chikayuki with a kao; shakudo nanako with chickens in iroe takazogan, the shakudo case with gilt rim; shakudo migakiji, a stylised ho-o bird and foliage in gilt hirazogan, Kaga school; shibuichi, depicting the actor Ichikawa Danjuro in iroe hirazogan, signed Aoyagi Yoshimitsu with a kao (dented); shibuichi chiselled in katakiri with a man fishing, silver, gilt and copper details, with signature Ichinomiya Nagayoshi with a kao and a long inscription; copper, with shakudo takazogan buildings on a headland by the sea which is rendered in ishimeji, signed Masanori; shakudo nanako with a Portuguese man in very high iroe takazogan, with signature Nagatsune and a kao; sentoku ishimeji, a hawk on a perch in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt takazogan, signed Masanori and kao (8)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka depicting in high relief and iroe takazogan a nobleman and his servant, signed Ihosai Chikayuki with a kao; shakudo nanako with chickens in iroe takazogan, the shakudo case with gilt rim; shakudo migakiji, a stylised ho-o bird and foliage in gilt hirazogan, Kaga school; shibuichi, depicting the actor Ichikawa Danjuro in iroe hirazogan, signed Aoyagi Yoshimitsu with a kao (dented); shibuichi chiselled in katakiri with a man fishing, silver, gilt and copper details, with signature Ichinomiya Nagayoshi with a kao and a long inscription; copper, with shakudo takazogan buildings on a headland by the sea which is rendered in ishimeji, signed Masanori; shakudo nanako with a Portuguese man in very high iroe takazogan, with signature Nagatsune and a kao; sentoku ishimeji, a hawk on a perch in shibuichi, shakudo and gilt takazogan, signed Masanori and kao (8)
Provenance
The second, C.P. Peak and W.L. Behrens Collections
The third, R.C. Boyle Collection
The fourth, C.P. Peak Collection
The sixth, T.B. Blow Collection
The third, R.C. Boyle Collection
The fourth, C.P. Peak Collection
The sixth, T.B. Blow Collection
Literature
The second, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 727, pl. 4.
The seventh, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 3750, pl. L.
The seventh, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 3750, pl. L.
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