A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU MOTOHIRO AND WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku motohiro and with kao
Of gold, decorated to represent Ariwara no Narihira, the putative hero of the Tales of Ise, with a shakudo flute beside a closed gate surrounded by autumn flowers, and with of his horse grazing among autumn grasses, the details in silver, shakudo and copper
Width 1in. (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. 71.

The artist Muto Motohiro was the student of Oyama Mototaka [or Gensai].