SEKIJOKEN SCHOOL FUCHI-KASHIRA
SEKIJOKEN SCHOOL FUCHI-KASHIRA

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YURAKUSAI SEKIBUN

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SEKIJOKEN SCHOOL FUCHI-KASHIRA
late edo period (19th century), signed yurakusai sekibun
The large shakudo-nanako bases decorated in shibuichi takazogan with carp in water and aquatic plants in gilt and copper (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), pl. 5.

The artist Katsurano Sekibun (1789-1875) is said to have studied with the Hamano family, and at age 36 became a metalworker to the Sakai family in Shonai province.