A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO ICHINOMIYA SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU NAGATSUNE AND WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO ICHINOMIYA SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century), signed on tanzaku nagatsune and with kao
The small gold pair formed as the deity Marishiten, one standing on a running boar about to shoot an arrow and another multi-armed deity mounted on a horse crossing swords
Height 1in. (3.2cm.) and 16in. (3.1cm.), thickness 5mm. each (2)

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. 1.

Ichinomiya Nagatsune is considered one of the three great metalworkers of Kyoto kinko. He first studied paintings with Ishida Yutei (1756-1815). During the Kyoho era (1716-36) he appeared on the Kyoto kinko scene and revitalized the tradition of the Goto mainline.