A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO--MEIJI PERIODS (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU ICHIJU [OR KAZUTOSHI] KAMI

Details

A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo--meiji periods (late 19th century), signed on tanzaku ichiju [or kazutoshi] kami
The gold pair pierced and formed as dragons coiled around a ken and one clasping a jewel, the handles finely carved with vajra, the dragons carved in classic Goto style
Width 26in. (5.2cm.), thickness 4mm. 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. 23.

The artist Fukui Ichiju (1835-1903) first studied wood carving, then became a student of Hashimoto Isshi and Goto Ichijo.