Lot Essay
For similar tsuba attributed to Rakuju, see Colonel Nagaya, Higo Kinko roku (Hamburg, 1905), p.27.
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A TSUBA ATTRIBUTED KAMIYOSHI RAKUJU AND NINE OTHERS
Round migakiji plate pierced with two aoi leaves and decorated with gold katsurabishi, 7.6cm.; tsuchimeji plate formed as a skull, 7.8cm.; oval, Chinese man reading a hand scroll by a river beneath the moon in sukidashi, takazogan and gilt, signed Kyokuzanken Yoshimitsu zo, 6.3cm.; round, four clouds in yo-sukashi, the rim in brass inlay, 8.3cm.; oval, pierced with a drum in yo-sukashi and streams in gilt, inscribed Bushu ju Masanaga, 7.6cm.; mokkogata, Chinese landscape in sukidashi and hiraniku, signed Bushu ju Okada Masatoyo and kao, 7.5cm.; roku-mokkogata, pierced with six hanabishi, 8.1cm.; oval, a grape vine in sukashi and kebori, 7.5cm.; round with tsuchimeji, centipede in hiraniku and brass inlay, 7.9cm.; kirikomi mokkogata, worn inlay, 7cm., all 17th-19th century (10)
Round migakiji plate pierced with two aoi leaves and decorated with gold katsurabishi, 7.6cm.; tsuchimeji plate formed as a skull, 7.8cm.; oval, Chinese man reading a hand scroll by a river beneath the moon in sukidashi, takazogan and gilt, signed Kyokuzanken Yoshimitsu zo, 6.3cm.; round, four clouds in yo-sukashi, the rim in brass inlay, 8.3cm.; oval, pierced with a drum in yo-sukashi and streams in gilt, inscribed Bushu ju Masanaga, 7.6cm.; mokkogata, Chinese landscape in sukidashi and hiraniku, signed Bushu ju Okada Masatoyo and kao, 7.5cm.; roku-mokkogata, pierced with six hanabishi, 8.1cm.; oval, a grape vine in sukashi and kebori, 7.5cm.; round with tsuchimeji, centipede in hiraniku and brass inlay, 7.9cm.; kirikomi mokkogata, worn inlay, 7cm., all 17th-19th century (10)