Lot Essay
Honjo Yoshitane (fl. mid 19th century) was born in Dewa Province. He studied sword-making with Shoji Naotane (1779-1857), and carved horimono for both Naotane and Suishinshi Masahide (1750-1826).
Details
A SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA
LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1850/1875), SIGNED YOSHITANE
The iron plate of hollyhock leaf (aoi) form has boar's eye (inome-bori) indented corners. The face is carved with a bamboo fence, a flowering clematis growing on it and numerous dragonflies; all suggest a summer evening. The reverse surface is decorated with ten Chinese kanji characters carved in relief--height 8.3cm., width 7.9cm., thickness at center 2mm., at edge 5.1mm.
Double wood storage boxes. Inner box with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated autumn, 1972.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 152, dated April 15th, 1971.
LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1850/1875), SIGNED YOSHITANE
The iron plate of hollyhock leaf (aoi) form has boar's eye (inome-bori) indented corners. The face is carved with a bamboo fence, a flowering clematis growing on it and numerous dragonflies; all suggest a summer evening. The reverse surface is decorated with ten Chinese kanji characters carved in relief--height 8.3cm., width 7.9cm., thickness at center 2mm., at edge 5.1mm.
Double wood storage boxes. Inner box with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated autumn, 1972.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 152, dated April 15th, 1971.
Literature
Homma and Sato (1972), no. 573, p. 335.
Homma, Sato, Ogawa and Compton (1976), no. XXXII, p. 130.
L'Arcade Chaumet (1976), no. 66, p. 18.
One Hundred Masterpieces (1992), no. 64.
Homma, Sato, Ogawa and Compton (1976), no. XXXII, p. 130.
L'Arcade Chaumet (1976), no. 66, p. 18.
One Hundred Masterpieces (1992), no. 64.