A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU ICHIJOSAI HIROTOSHI

Details

A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku ichijosai hirotoshi
Of copper and shibuichi pierced and decorated with iro-e zogan and gilt, one depicting Gama Sennin holding and looking up to a toad, and the other as Chokaro Sennin holding a staff with gourd
Height 1.3/8in. (6cm.) and 1in. (6.3cm.), thickness 6mm. 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), no. 66.