AN OTSUKI SCHOOL KOZUKA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED UTA SANYU O HITSU ATO JAKUCHU SO SUMI NI NE, KAWA HIDEOKI NARAI SEN KORE (POEM BY SANYU, DRAWING BY JAKUCHU, CARVED COPYING KAWARABAYASHI HIDEOKI)

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AN OTSUKI SCHOOL KOZUKA
late edo period (19th century), inscribed uta sanyu o hitsu ato jakuchu so sumi ni ne, kawa hideoki narai sen kore (poem by Sanyu, drawing by Jakuchu, carved copying kawarabayashi hideoki)
Of shibuichi decorated in copper, silver and gold hirazogan and kebori with Hotei and an ox (Fushimi dolls), the reverse with a poem by Sanyu: Tsuchi ningyo ushi mo Hotei mo mina hitotsu, Inari miyage ni suru hito mo tsuchi (Clay dolls, oxen, and Hotei are all one, those who buy them as Inari souvenirs are also clay)

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. 82.