Lot 196
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A KATO SCHOOL TSUBA

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A KATO SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1860), SIGNED ICHIJUKEN TERUAKI

The oval shakudo plate is of goishigata shape. The face has a nanako ground and is inlaid in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi. The decoration depicts the curtain that surrounds a Gagaku stage and the top of the drum used in the performance of kangen, the music which accompanies the ritual dancing. The curtain is divided vertically into wide stripes, each with a different brocade pattern. The reverse has an ishime surface and is decorated with a ritual hat--height 7.4cm., width 7.1cm., thickness 5mm.

Lot Essay

Kato Teruaki (sometimes read Hideaki) (fl. 1870) was a student of Ishiguro Masaaki II (1819-1878). He was born in Aizu, Iwashiro Province, and later moved to Edo. He seems to have worked in his own style and did not always follow the Ishiguro family tradition.