SIGNED TOKUNO TERUTATSU AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A SHIBUICHI TSUBA
Signed Tokuno Terutatsu and Kao, Edo Period (19th Century)
The oval shibuichi plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with the Rokkasen seated in conversation
6.8cm.

Provenance

G.H. Naunton

Literature

Henri L. Joly, Japanese Sword Fittings in the G.H. Naunton Collection, (London, 1912), pl.LV, no.1549

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Lot Essay

For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.1918, no.H.09637
Terutatsu was born in 1747 and was a pupil of Omori Terumasa

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