An Iron Seki Yoshinori Tsuba And An Iron Umetada Narishige Swordsmith Tsuba

细节

An Iron Seki Yoshinori Tsuba And An Iron Umetada Narishige Swordsmith Tsuba
The circular migaki-ji iron plate decorated with a hawk in takabori and gold zogan, sukinokoshi mimi, signed Oite Toto Gindai Seki Yoshinori saku, Kaei shingai (1851) chushu oju Kanazu shu, late Edo period (19th century); and the mokkogata iron ishime-ji plate depicting an oar floating on turbulent waves, the reverse with a stream in sukidashi bori, details in gold, square mimi, signed Yamashiro kuni ju Umetada Narishige, early Edo period (17th century), with a wood box
3¼in. (8.2cm.), mimi 5mm. and 3 7/16in. (8.7cm.), thickness 4mm. respectively (2)

出版

Lundgren Collection, nos. 288 and 203 respectively

拍品专文

Seki Yoshinori was from Mutsu province. After visiting Shikoku, Higo
and Nagasaki, he settled in Edo at the age of 21. Some sources say
that he was self taught, but it is obvious that he had studied under
Kumagaya Yoshiyuki. He was accomplished in the takanikubori style
of Yoshiyuki and eventually originated his own style of carving.

Narishige received the title Yamashiro Daijo and used the family
name Tachibana. He was also a swordsmith and carved kirimono to
the blade.