Lot 617
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AN OTSUKI SCHOOL SOROIMONO (SET)
AN OTSUKI SCHOOL SOROIMONO (SET)

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TENKODO HIDEKUNI AND HIDEKUNI

Details
AN OTSUKI SCHOOL SOROIMONO (SET)
late edo period (19th century), signed tenkodo hidekuni and hidekuni
Of solid gold, comprising fuchi-kashira, kojiri, kurikata and uragawara carved in nikubori with magnolia, pinks, peony, mushrooms and water plants, the flowers of the kashira inlaid in copper, the box by Bunshido inscribed Kinmuku (pure gold) gyokuei fuki (prosperous jewel, precious wealth) kodogu, Tenkodo Hidekuni and sealed Tenkodo (5)
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. 103.

Kawarabayashi Hidekuni (1825-1891) was from Hoki province. He came to Kyoto to be a student of Hideoki. He was adopted into the family and became the second-generation master.