A Hamano School Tsuba

SIGNED NAOYUKI AND A SEAL, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Hamano School Tsuba
Signed Naoyuki and a seal, late Edo period (19th century)
The oval shibuichi migaki-ji plate depicting Choryo and Kosekiko decorated in shishiai bori, gold, copper and silver zogan, the reverse with a pine and stream, rounded mimi, with a wood box
2 13/16in. (7.2cm.), thickness 3.5mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 63

Lot Essay

Naoyuki's technique is typical of the Hamano tradition. His takaniku should be placed between Shozui and Masayoshi in that his work is vibrant. It sometimes emulated usunikubori in the manner for which Joi and Noriyuki became renowned.

He first became a student of Nakamura Naonori of the Yanagawa school, later studying under Hamano Naoyuki the first. He was given permission to use the name Naoyuki and the family name Hamano by Shozui. Although professionally successful in the prime of his life, he divorced his wife and left Edo to roam the country. He travelled through Kofu staying in Echigo and then went on to Fukushima and Matsumoto of Shinano province.

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