Lot Essay
Senga Masamitsu is unknown in recorded lists of tsuba artists. He was apparently an independent kinko worker in Edo.
Details
AN EDO KINKO TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED SENGA MASAMITSU WITH KAO
The round-cornered, rectangular iron plate is polished and colored to resemble shibuichi. It is carved in low relief and depicts the wind god, Futen Myo-o, accented in gold. The reverse is carved in wide lines with a design of drum heads of the thunder god, Raiden, amidst an overall pattern of clouds--height 8.5cm., width 8.0cm., thickness 3.5mm.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED SENGA MASAMITSU WITH KAO
The round-cornered, rectangular iron plate is polished and colored to resemble shibuichi. It is carved in low relief and depicts the wind god, Futen Myo-o, accented in gold. The reverse is carved in wide lines with a design of drum heads of the thunder god, Raiden, amidst an overall pattern of clouds--height 8.5cm., width 8.0cm., thickness 3.5mm.
Provenance
Glendining & Co., London, July 1965, lot 395