Lot Essay
Ikkansai Kunimori was also known as Miyaguchi Kunimori and Yasuhiro, a name chosen because of his association with the Yasukuni Shrine.
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A TOKYO TACHI
CIRCA 1940, SIGNED TOKYO (N0) JU NIN IKKANSAI KUNIMORI KIN SAKU (MIYAGUCHI IKKANSAI KUNIMORI [YASUHIRO])
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 9 bu (63.4 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 1.3 cm. Jihada: fine itame resembling chirimen. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi and ko-nie with ashi and some yo. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, tapering and with a thin. grey patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, tachi-mei: Tokyo (no) ju nin Ikkansai Kunimori kin saku. Shirasaya.
CIRCA 1940, SIGNED TOKYO (N0) JU NIN IKKANSAI KUNIMORI KIN SAKU (MIYAGUCHI IKKANSAI KUNIMORI [YASUHIRO])
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 9 bu (63.4 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 1.3 cm. Jihada: fine itame resembling chirimen. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi and ko-nie with ashi and some yo. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, tapering and with a thin. grey patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, tachi-mei: Tokyo (no) ju nin Ikkansai Kunimori kin saku. Shirasaya.