A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU ISSAI, TOMEI (ARAKI TOMEI)

Details

A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku issai, tomei (araki tomei)
The gold fittings pierced and worked as millet and leaves
Width 1in. (3.8cm.), thickness 6mm. each (2)

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. 8.

For other fittings by Araki Tomei see lots 562 and 563.