A NARA-SCHOOL KOZUKA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1750), SIGNED KIKAN (YOSHIHIRO)
The shibuichi plate carved in katakiri with the design of an old man with a rake watching leaves fall from a tree, the reverse with deeply carved rain lines
Fitted pad
Lot Essay
Noda Kikan (1693-1765), whose signature can also read as Yoshihiro, was a student of the Nara school and of Tsuchiya Yasuchika I (1670-1744).