LARGE AND SMALL (DAISHO) GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU ARAKI, TOMEI, TOGINTEI, TOMEI AND WITH KAO

Details

LARGE AND SMALL (DAISHO) GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku araki, tomei, togintei, tomei and with kao
Each shakudo pair pierced and formed as millet, the millet heads in gold and the details of leaves in copper and gilt, with a box attestation by Amiya Soemon dated Showa hinoto i (1947), fuyu (winter)
Width one 1.15/16in. (4.9cm.) and 1.7/8in. (4.7cm.), thickness 4.5mm. and 3.5mm.; the other width 1in. (3.8cm.) and 16in. (3.6cm.), thickness 6mm. and 5mm. (4)

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), pl. 9.

Araki Tomei (1817-1870) was born in Kyoto. He studied first with Goto Tojo (1790-1862), seventh master of the Kambei Goto branch line and then with Goto Ichijo. Millet was his specialty and he is thought to have been influenced by the designs of his friend, the painter Hayashi Ranga (1821-1869).

For other fittings by Araki Tomei see lots 563 and 564.