A Sentoku Washida School Tsuba

SIGNED YUZENKYO MITSUCHIKA AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A Sentoku Washida School Tsuba
Signed Yuzenkyo Mitsuchika and kao, Edo Period (19th century)
The rounded-square sentoku plate carved and inlaid in with a bird on a knarled plum tree, the reverse with a frog beside a stream, details in silver, copper and gilt
7cm. high

Literature

The signature is illustrated in Wakayama, Toso Kodogu Meiji Taikei, (Tokyo, 1979), vol.3, p.34; and K. Kokubo, Shinsen Kinko Meikan, (Tokyo, 1993), p.388

Sale room notice

Please note that the illustration for lot 382 is incorrectly labelled 381 in the catalogue. The image of lot 382 is situated in the middle of the three images depicted on page 102. The image is correct online.

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Lot Essay

Accompanied by a Tokubetsu kicho kodogu [Sword fitting particularly worthy of preserving] certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword], dated 29th November 1959

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