SIGNED GINSHOTEI TOMEI WITH A KAO, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A KOZUKA BY ARAKI TOMEI
Signed Ginshotei Tomei with a kao, Edo period (19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka inlaid with Soga no Goro lifting the curtain in the Minamoto camp

Provenance

Henri L. Joly Collection

Literature

Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 331 pl. 118

Exhibited

Red Cross Exhibition, 1915

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Araki Tomei was a pupil of both Goto Tojo and Ichijo.
Whilst Tomei is more famous for his millet head design, this kozuka proves his mastery with other subjects.

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