A YANAGAWA SCHOOL TSUBA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED FU HARUAKI HOGEN AND KAO

Details

A YANAGAWA SCHOOL TSUBA
late edo period (19th century), inscribed fu haruaki hogen and kao
The aorigata shakudo plate carved in nikubori and inlaid in gilt and silver, one side depicting waves with water splashes and the other side with reeds, with slightly raised mimi
Height 2.5/8in. (6.8cm.), width 2in. (5.7cm.), thickness 4mm.

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. 92.