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

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A KOZUKA BY FUMIO
Signed Fumio with a kao, Edo period (19th century)
A shibuichi kozuka depicting a newt in high relief in shakudo and copper with gilt eyes

Provenance

Gilbertson and Brockley Collections

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Lot Essay

Fumio (1869-1941) was a pupil of Kano Natsuo and was also the 3rd generation Sekibun. The newt symbolizes summer, and Fumio was copying the first Sekibun who made several tsuba with this design. See Wakayama, Toso Kodogu Koza, vol. 6 (Tokyo, 1973), pl. 9.

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