AN OVAL SHIBUICHI TSUBA decorated in iroe takazogan, nikubori and kosukashi with a scene of aritoshi depicting a man carrying an umbrella and a lantern looking at a bird, the reverse with a shrine gate, with signature Hirata Harunari and kao, lare Edo period, 7.1cm.

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AN OVAL SHIBUICHI TSUBA decorated in iroe takazogan, nikubori and kosukashi with a scene of aritoshi depicting a man carrying an umbrella and a lantern looking at a bird, the reverse with a shrine gate, with signature Hirata Harunari and kao, lare Edo period, 7.1cm.

Lot Essay

PROVENANCE:

W.W.Winkworth
John Harding

Illustrated in the book by Torigoe, Kazutaro:Toso Soran, Tokyo, 1978, page 286.

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