Lot 598
598
AN ISHIGURO SCHOOL KOZUKA
AN ISHIGURO SCHOOL KOZUKA

LATE EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOGAKUSHI ISHIGURO MASATSUNE AND WITH KAO (MASATSUNE II)

Details
AN ISHIGURO SCHOOL KOZUKA
late edo period (early 19th century), signed togakushi ishiguro masatsune and with kao (masatsune II)
The shibuichi ishime-ji plate decorated in copper takazogan with accents of shakudo, gold and silver with a deer standing and raising its leg, its antlers in gilt, the reverse of 'cat-scratched' gold, the box with hakogaki by Kuwahara Sokei
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), pl. 13.

Ishiguro Masatsune II was the son of Ishiguro Masatsune I (1760-1828). He took the name Masatsune in 1829.