An Otsuki School Tsuba

SIGNED ICHIGYOSAI TOKUOKI AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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An Otsuki School Tsuba
Signed Ichigyosai Tokuoki and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The rounded square migaki-ji plate depicting a mountain and horses decorated in sukidashi carving and iroe, shakudo and silver zogan, raised rounded mimi, with a wood box
2¾in. (7.1cm.), thickness 4mm.

Provenance

J C Hawkshaw Collection, p. 173, no. 2467
W W Winkworth
John Harding

Literature

Lundgren Collection, no. 38

Lot Essay

Tokuoki was born in Kyoto the son of a haikai poet. In 1813, he became the student of Kawarabayashi Hideoki, and after making kanagu for the tanto belonging to the Emperor Komei (1847-1866), he received the go Ichigyosai. The previous year, he was given the title Tokuma Daijyo for making kanagu ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate.

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