Lot Essay
Kawahosai is Kawarabayashi Hideoki (1788-1851).
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A YOSHIOKA KOZUKA, TWO OTSUKI SCHOOL KOZUKA AND SIX OTHERS
Edo period (19th century)
A kozuka with a silver back plate, gold frame and a shakudo nanako plate, the plate with ears and leaves of rice, the back plate with three cranes, signed on the side of the frame: omote [front], Yoshioka Inaba no suke, ura [back] Yoshioka Hidesaburo; a shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with two butterflies over a stand of rice, signed Motte Maruyama Oju Zu Kawahosai; a shibuichi migakiji kozuka inlaid with a hobby-horse, a fish on wheels and a child's drum, with signature Nobuyoshi with a kao; a shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with a sennin meditating, with signature Masayoshi at 70 years of age; a good shakudo nanako kozuka inlaid with a clam shell and an eel and another sea-shell; a sentoku kozuka carved in the form of bamboo and inlaid with a shoot and plum blossom, with signature Otsuki Mitsuhiro; a shakudo nanako kozuka carved and inlaid with a hawk on a plum tree below the setting sun, with signature Sakai Yoshitsugu; and an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a pine tree and mooring posts in the setting sun below a castle wall, with signature Miboku (8)
Edo period (19th century)
A kozuka with a silver back plate, gold frame and a shakudo nanako plate, the plate with ears and leaves of rice, the back plate with three cranes, signed on the side of the frame: omote [front], Yoshioka Inaba no suke, ura [back] Yoshioka Hidesaburo; a shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with two butterflies over a stand of rice, signed Motte Maruyama Oju Zu Kawahosai; a shibuichi migakiji kozuka inlaid with a hobby-horse, a fish on wheels and a child's drum, with signature Nobuyoshi with a kao; a shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with a sennin meditating, with signature Masayoshi at 70 years of age; a good shakudo nanako kozuka inlaid with a clam shell and an eel and another sea-shell; a sentoku kozuka carved in the form of bamboo and inlaid with a shoot and plum blossom, with signature Otsuki Mitsuhiro; a shakudo nanako kozuka carved and inlaid with a hawk on a plum tree below the setting sun, with signature Sakai Yoshitsugu; and an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a pine tree and mooring posts in the setting sun below a castle wall, with signature Miboku (8)
Provenance
The first and fourth, C.P. Peak Collection
The second, T.B. Blow Collection
The sixth, Kato Collection and C.P. Peak Collections
The seventh, Gilbertson Collection
The second, T.B. Blow Collection
The sixth, Kato Collection and C.P. Peak Collections
The seventh, Gilbertson Collection
Literature
The sixth, Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 922
Exhibited
The sixth, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note this lot DOES contain EIGHT kozuka and not as stated in the first line NINE.