AN OTSUKI SCHOOL KASHIRA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED OKITOSHI AND WITH KAO

Details

AN OTSUKI SCHOOL KASHIRA
late edo period (19th century), signed okitoshi and with kao
The shibuichi base carved in high relief as a Hannya mask with wide open mouth, the teeth inlaid in shakudo, the sunken eyes and horns decorated in gilt

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. 101.