A ROUNDED-SQUARE IRON ISHIMEJI-TSUBA depictinhg a scene of aritoshi with a man carrying a lantern and an umbrella looking up at a cuckoo decorated in iroe takazogan, takabori and ko-sukashi, the reverse with the gate of the Aritoshi shrine,signed Seiryoken, Hagiya Katsuhei and kao (1804-1886), 8.1cm.

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A ROUNDED-SQUARE IRON ISHIMEJI-TSUBA depictinhg a scene of aritoshi with a man carrying a lantern and an umbrella looking up at a cuckoo decorated in iroe takazogan, takabori and ko-sukashi, the reverse with the gate of the Aritoshi shrine,signed Seiryoken, Hagiya Katsuhei and kao (1804-1886), 8.1cm.

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W. W. Winkworth
John Harding

Lot Essay

The artist Hagiya Katsuhei (Katsuhira) was one of the most important Mito metal artists during the Bakumatsu period, among whose pupils was Unno Shomin.

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