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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), pl. 3.
The Iwamoto school was a powerful group within the Yokoya line. The founder Chubei was from Aizu province and trained in the Yokoya tradition. Iwamoto Konkan (1744-1801) became a student of Ryokan between 1764 and 1772. An accomplished painter and poet, Konkan was born and grew up in Edo.
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), pl. 3.
The Iwamoto school was a powerful group within the Yokoya line. The founder Chubei was from Aizu province and trained in the Yokoya tradition. Iwamoto Konkan (1744-1801) became a student of Ryokan between 1764 and 1772. An accomplished painter and poet, Konkan was born and grew up in Edo.