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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
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A KOZUKA BY SHIGETSUNE, A KAGA-ZOGAN KOZUKA AND EIGHT OTHERS
Edo period (18th-19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with the figures of Taira Tadamori the 'oil thief', signed Jikiosai Shigetsune; a Kaga-zogan kozuka with three pairs of patterned bands; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a servant, wearing a sword and carrying a fish on a string, a hawk hovering above him; another iron kozuka carved and inlaid in shakudo and gold with a deer and a stag under the moon; an iron kozuka carved with the figure of a scholar, probably the poet Rihaku (the famous Chinese poet Li Bai), holding a handscroll, a poem engraved on the reverse of the kozuka, with signature Naoyuki; a sentoku kozuka carved and inlaid in copper, silver and gold with Moso walking through snow carrying two bamboo shoots for his sick mother, with signature on the side Naonobu; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with Toba Sojo riding into exile in Hainan, with signature Hamano Noriyuki and a kao; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a dragon and waves; a lacquered copper, gilt and silver-gilt kozuka with Fudo, rosary beads, and a vajra-shaped kashira; and a pressing with cranes, with signature Somin (10)
Edo period (18th-19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka carved and inlaid with the figures of Taira Tadamori the 'oil thief', signed Jikiosai Shigetsune; a Kaga-zogan kozuka with three pairs of patterned bands; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a servant, wearing a sword and carrying a fish on a string, a hawk hovering above him; another iron kozuka carved and inlaid in shakudo and gold with a deer and a stag under the moon; an iron kozuka carved with the figure of a scholar, probably the poet Rihaku (the famous Chinese poet Li Bai), holding a handscroll, a poem engraved on the reverse of the kozuka, with signature Naoyuki; a sentoku kozuka carved and inlaid in copper, silver and gold with Moso walking through snow carrying two bamboo shoots for his sick mother, with signature on the side Naonobu; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with Toba Sojo riding into exile in Hainan, with signature Hamano Noriyuki and a kao; an iron kozuka carved and inlaid with a dragon and waves; a lacquered copper, gilt and silver-gilt kozuka with Fudo, rosary beads, and a vajra-shaped kashira; and a pressing with cranes, with signature Somin (10)
Provenance
The first and ninth, C.P. Peak collection
The second, C.P. Peak and W. L. Behrens Collections
The tenth, Ransom Collection
The second, C.P. Peak and W. L. Behrens Collections
The tenth, Ransom Collection
Literature
The first, Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 670, pl. CXXXII
The second, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 650, pl. III
The second, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 650, pl. III
Exhibited
The first and second, Red Cross Exhibion, 1915
Special notice
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