A KONO SCHOOL FUCHI KASHIRA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1840), SIGNED HARUAKI HOGEN HORU
The shakudo nanako fuchi and kashira are decorated in gold, copper, and shakudo inlay with swallows and poetry cards.
Lot Essay
Kono Haruaki (1787-1860) was a student of Yanagawa Naoharu (fl. 1785), from whom he took the first kanji of his name. In 1830 he was given the title Hogen by the Tokugawa authorities.