Lot 143
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A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA

Details
A GOTO SCHOOL KOZUKA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1650), SIGNED TEIJO WITH KAO

The frameless shakudo nanako plate is decorated in relief and inlaid in gold with a design of a flowering lotus. The back is bipartite in gold and shakudo. The signature is on the lower left of the gold area--length 9.6cm., thickness 6.5.

Double wood storage boxes. Inner box with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated autumn, 1974.

Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 244, dated April 15th, 1971.

Lot Essay

Goto Teijo (1603-1673) was the ninth Shirobei mainline master of the Goto school. He was the first son of Goto Kenjo (1588-1663) and he succeeded to the title in 1667. He was patronized by the fourth Tokugawa shogun Ietsuna (1641-1680) and received a stipend of 40 koku (bales) of rice. He became a retainer of the Maeda family after Renjo succeeded as head of the school.