A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), ATTESTED RENJO SAKU BY GOTO MITSUMORI (14TH MAINLINE MASTER), SIGNED MITSUMORI AND WITH KAO

Details

A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA
mid edo period (18th century), attested renjo saku by goto mitsumori (14th mainline master), signed mitsumori and with kao
With gold nanako plate carved in takabori depicting the jovial Hotei seated and leaning over his sack, a karako pulling his sleeve, another playing with a rooster and another holding a long plant, within a gold rim, 'cat-scratched' back

Exhibited

Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), no. 74.