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.
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.