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Katsuaki or Shomyo was a pupil of Unno Shomin
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A MITO KINKO TSUBA BY KATSUAKI AND SIX OTHER IRON TSUBA
Iron, broad oval, the legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demoness in iroe takazogan, signed Katsuaki sen, Meiji-Taisho period, 3¼in. (8.2cm.); round, with yo- sukashi of small overlapping seashells within the rim, signed Echizen no ju Kinai saku, 2 3/16in. (7.1cm.); oval, formed as two minogame in yo-sukashi, gilt details, signed Seiryuken Eiju with a gold seal, 2¾in. (7cm.); oval, yo-sukashi of a dismounted horseman in a pine wood, gilt and copper details, shakudo rim, inscribed with a Soten signature, 2 3/16in. (7.1cm.); oval, yo-sukashi of geese flying through driving rain, gilt details, 2¾in. (7cm.); round, chiselled in Hizen style with the hundred monkeys design, signed Bushu no ju Masakata, 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.); round, chiselled in low relief with the zodiac, the characters with silver nunomezogan, 3¼in. (8.3cm.) (7)
Iron, broad oval, the legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demoness in iroe takazogan, signed Katsuaki sen, Meiji-Taisho period, 3¼in. (8.2cm.); round, with yo- sukashi of small overlapping seashells within the rim, signed Echizen no ju Kinai saku, 2 3/16in. (7.1cm.); oval, formed as two minogame in yo-sukashi, gilt details, signed Seiryuken Eiju with a gold seal, 2¾in. (7cm.); oval, yo-sukashi of a dismounted horseman in a pine wood, gilt and copper details, shakudo rim, inscribed with a Soten signature, 2 3/16in. (7.1cm.); oval, yo-sukashi of geese flying through driving rain, gilt details, 2¾in. (7cm.); round, chiselled in Hizen style with the hundred monkeys design, signed Bushu no ju Masakata, 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.); round, chiselled in low relief with the zodiac, the characters with silver nunomezogan, 3¼in. (8.3cm.) (7)
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