AN ISHIGURO SCHOOL KOZUKA

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AN ISHIGURO SCHOOL KOZUKA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800), SIGNED ISHIGURO JUGAKUSAI AND SEALED MASAYOSHI

The shakudo nanako plate is carved in relief and inlaid in gold and shakudo with a design of a goat in clouds watched by a shishi. The horns of the goat have been shorn and lie at the feet of the shishi. The edge of the frame is gold. It has copper sides and a shibuichi back--length 9.7cm., thickness 8.5mm.

Lot Essay

Ishiguro Masayoshi (1780-1843) was a student of Sano Naoyoshi (fl. 1775) and Ishiguro Masatsune I (1760-1829). This kozuka has several unusual features, notably the construction of the frame in three metals, the subject, which is unrecorded, and the use of a gold seal.