A PAIR OF KAGA SCHOOL MENUKI AND A KOZUKA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A PAIR OF KAGA SCHOOL MENUKI AND A KOZUKA
late edo period (19th century)
Of elongated octagonal iron, decorated in gilt and shibuichi zogan with plants, seppa-dai carved and nakago-ana and a hitsu-ana pierced; the shakudo plate decorated in Kaga-style silver and gold hirazogan, a center band decorated with a grasshopper and a cricket between the oblique bands of kikko (tortoiseshell), ichimatsu (check), hanabishi (lozenge-shaped flower) and ajiro (meander) patterns, the reverse in shibuichi
The first, height 1in. (2.5cm.), .7/8in. (2.2cm.) and thickness 1mm. each (3)

Exhibited

The second, Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The second, Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), no. 76.