TWO PAIRS OF KYOTO KINKO MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH--EARLY 19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST SIGNED ON TANZAKU KAZU (KAZUTSURA)

Details

TWO PAIRS OF KYOTO KINKO MENUKI
late edo period (late 18th--early 19th century), the first signed on tanzaku kazu (kazutsura)
The gold fittings pierced and carved as crickets; the other gold pair formed as three crabs in Goto style
The first width 1in. (3.6cm.) and 16in. (2.6cm.), thickness 4mm. each; the second width 16in. (3cm.), thickness 2.5mm. each (4)

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), nos. 32, 42.
Kazatsura (d. 1815) studied with Uesugi Mitsunori. He is also said to have studied with the Ishiguro school.