A GOTO SCHOOL WARI-KOGAI

Details

A GOTO SCHOOL WARI-KOGAI
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (1573-1600), ATTRIBUTED TO GOTO TOKUJO

The shakudo nanako plate is decorated in gold and silver with a snow-covered orange (koji) design. The waribite is inlaid in flush gold and the remainder is in shakudo--length 21cm., thickness 4.5mm.

Literature

Moslé (1914) vol. I, no. 151, p. 95, not illustrated.

Lot Essay

Goto Tokujo (1548-1631) was the fifth Shirobei mainline master of the Go to School. He was the son of the fourth master Kojo (1529-1620). His early life was spent in Kyushu with his father, but in 1571 he returned to Kyoto where he was placed in charge of the gold coin mint. With the death of his patron Hideyoshi he was barred from this position by Tokugawa Ieyasu. His last years were spent in obscurity as a ronin.
This very fine wari-kogai is attributed to Goto Tokujo by Mosle.