A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED NAGA, TAKE (IMAI NAGATAKE)

Details

A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed naga, take (Imai Nagatake)
Of copper, formed as a toad, the eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl, the back inlaid in gold hirazogan, the box with hakogaki, the interior of the lid signed Kyosai Nagatake and with kao
Width 16in. (3cm.) and 16in. (2.7cm.), 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), no. 68.

Imai Nagatake (1818-1882) became a student of Goto Ichijo together with the metalworker Wada Seiryu [or Masatatsu].

For other fittings by Imai Nagatake see lots 569 and 570.