A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA

Details

A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (1573-1600)

The shakudo nanako plate is decorated with five gold paulownia crest roundels. The frame is gold plated and has a 'cat-scratched' surface--length 9.7cm., thickness 5.75mm.

Double wood storage boxes. Inner box with inscription by Sato Kanzan; dated autumn, 1974.

Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 175, dated April 15th 1971.

Provenance

Alexander Moslé
Joseph U. Seo, New York

Literature

Moslé (1914) pl. XVIII, no. 156.
Moslé (1932) no. 156, p. 96.

Lot Essay

The Mosle catalogue attributes this kozuka to Goto Tokujo, the fifth Shirobei mainline master of the Goto school. Dr. Sato and the N.B.T.H.K. merely attribute the piece to Ko-Goto. It was certainly manufactured around the time of Tokujo and demonstrates the Momoyama formal style.