A NARA SCHOOL SOROIMONO (SET)

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED RINSENDO MITSUMASA AND SEALED MITSUMASA

Details

A NARA SCHOOL SOROIMONO (SET)
mid edo period (18th century), signed rinsendo mitsumasa and sealed mitsumasa
A shibuichi set, comprising an oval tsuba, kozuka and fuchi-kashira decorated in nikubori and gold details with three-clawed dragon ascending in clouds, the tsuba with kakumimi and the hitsuana plugged in gilt
The tsuba, height 2.7/8in. (7.3cm.), width 2in. (7cm.), thickness 4.5mm. (4)

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. 91.

Tsuji Mitsumasa (1721-1776) was related to gun and stirrup makers. He went to Edo to study with Yokoya Soyo II.