AN OTSUKI SCHOOL TSUBA

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

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AN OTSUKI SCHOOL TSUBA
late edo period (19th century), signed mitsuhiro and with kao
The square sentoku plate with indented corners, carved in shishiaibori with Kanshin crawling between the legs of a peasant, the reverse with a figure carrying a basket, the mimi very slightly raised
Height 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.), width 2.3/8in. (6.1cm.), thickness 3.5mm.

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. 89.

Otsuki Mitsuhiro (1795-1841) was the son of Otsuki Mitsuoki.