A Seikijoken School Fuchi-Kashira And A Tsuji School Fuchi-Kashira

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A Seikijoken School Fuchi-Kashira And A Tsuji School Fuchi-Kashira
The shibuichi migaki-ji base depicting an old fisherman and karako in takabori, gold and silver zogan, signed Sekijoken Motoharu, late Edo period (19th century; and the shibuichi migaki-ji base metal depicting a flowering cherry tree in takabori, gold, silver, copper and shakudo zogan, signed Masamoto and kao, mid Edo period (18th century), with a wood box (4)

Provenance

W L Behrens, pl. LXIII, no. 2394
G H Naunton Collection

Literature

Lundgren Collection, nos. 299 and 282 respectively

Lot Essay

Motoharu made fittings in the Mito kinko style. There are several artists who used this name; Kato Jiemon used Eijuken Motoharu and
others used Isshosha Motoharu and Shojuken Motoharu.

The second set depicts one of the large cherry trees of Ueno park in
Tokyo. The Tsuji school were preparatory metalworkers to the Goto
family and some sources state that it was an independent school in
Kyoto.

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