Lot Essay
Nagayoshi was a known Heianjo artist who usually worked on iron ita-tsuba in hirazogan with designs of plants. There were two generations of the same name (see lot 37).
SIGNED YAMASHIRO JU NAGAYOSHI, LATE MOMOYAMA/EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Heianjo Tsuba
Signed Yamashiro ju Nagayoshi, Late Momoyama/early Edo period (17th Century)
The oval iron migaki-ji plate depicting minogame in brass hirazogan, rounded mimi
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 4mm.
Signed Yamashiro ju Nagayoshi, Late Momoyama/early Edo period (17th Century)
The oval iron migaki-ji plate depicting minogame in brass hirazogan, rounded mimi
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 4mm.
Provenance
Poncetton Collection, pl. III, no. 35
Literature
Torigoe, K, Tsuba Kanshoki, (Nihon Bunkyo Shuppan Kabushikigaisha, Okayama, 1964), p.41
Lundgren Collection, no. 7
Lundgren Collection, no. 7