A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTION SIGNED ON TANZAKU KIKUOKA MITSUYUKI

Details

A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI
edo period (late 18th century), attribution signed on tanzaku kikuoka mitsuyuki
Each of gold formed as a pair of zuicho (auspicious birds), each with finely carved long tail
Width 1.7/8in. (4.8cm.), 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. 28.

Kikuoka Mitsuyuki (1750-1800) studied under Yanagawa Naomitsu (1732-1808), and he was the third-generation master of the family. Coming from a family of poets, he was also known as a master of haiku.