A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century)
Of shibuichi, with copper and gilt, depicting two figures from the story Momotaro (Peach boy), the wood cutter resting after collecting a bundle of faggots (shibakari) and an old woman, his wife, washing cloth
Width 16in. (2.6cm.) and 16in. (3.2cm.), 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), no. 70.