A HAMANO SCHOOL TSUBA

細節
A HAMANO SCHOOL TSUBA
MID-EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1750), SIGNED RIFUDO SHOZUI

The oval brass plate is carved and inlaid with soft metals with a design of five tengu peeking out from behind pine trees on Mt. Kurama and inhaling the odor of incense billowing from a burner in the bottom of the plate. The reverse is decorated with a waterfall and plants in two tones of gold and silver--height 7.3cm., width 6.1cm., thickness 5.1mm.

Double wood storage boxes. Inner box with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated summer, 1973.

Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 135, dated April 15th, 1971.
來源
Hawkshaw collection
Naunton collection
Dr. Fahrenhorst
出版
Joly (1910), pl. XXXI, no. 1764, text p. 140.
Joly (1912), no. 1426, p. 104.
Joly (1916), pl. CXXXIII, no. 625, p. 150.
One Hundred Masterpieces (1992), no. 60.
For another version of the same subject, see Homma/Sato (1972), no. 441, p. 257, listed as juyo bunkazai.

拍品專文

Hamano Shozui (1696-1769) was the founder of the Hamano family school. He was a student of Nara Toshinaga I (1667-1737) and produced many students, followers and branch line schools.