A Goto School Kozuka

MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO JOSHIN, SIGNED KOBI AND WITH KAO

Details

A Goto School Kozuka
Muromachi period (16th century), attributed to Joshin, signed Kobi and with kao
The shakudo nanako plate framed in gold and decorated with a matchlock gun, a gunpowder case, a rope, a bullet case and bullet in taka-zogan, silver and gold
3 7/8in (9.7cm.) long
With a certificate of registration as 39th Juyo tosogu (Important Sword Fitting) no. 9480 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1993.11.5.

Provenance

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo
By repute the Tsugaru family

Exhibited

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, "Kaikan kinen tosogu meihin ten" (Exhibition commemoratiing the museum's opening, exhibition of masterpieces of sword fittings), 1994.10

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai ed., Token bijutsu (April, 1994): p.1.
The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, ed., Kaikan kinen tosogu meihin ten (Exhibition commemorating the museum's opening, exhibition of masterpieces of sword fittings) (Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings: Tokyo, 1994), no. 51, p. 40.

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