AN EDO KINKO TANAKA SCHOOL TSUBA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HO (DEDICATION) IIDA ROKO MEI, SIGNED AND DATED TO KOKA SAN HINOE UMA (1846) NANRYO (AUGUST) OE SUIMON, KIYOTOSHI (SEIJU) HOGEN TSUTSUSHINDE KORE TSUKURU

Details

AN EDO KINKO TANAKA SCHOOL TSUBA
late edo period (19th century), signed ho (dedication) iida roko mei, signed and dated to koka san hinoe uma (1846) nanryo (august) oe suimon, kiyotoshi (seiju) hogen tsutsushinde kore tsukuru
The lobed elongated oval plate decorated in gold hirazogan with ajiro (meander) patterns within the raised rim of dense leaves, the rim carved in takabori with round panels filled with stylized seaweed, clouds and phoenixes, with marumimi
Height 26in. (5.6cm.), width 1in. (4.4cm.) and thickness 6mm.

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. 90.