拍品专文
Kamiyoshi Fukanobu was born in 1794. His father Tadamitsu was the first generation, Fukanobu was the second and Fukanobu's son, Rakuju (1817-1884) was the third master of the Kamiyoshi family.
Higo Kinko Taikan states that the founder Kamiyoshi Dansho came from Tango province to Buzen and then to Higo following and serving the Hosokawa family.
In Anei 7 (1778) the first generation Tadamitsu was ordered by the daimyo to study metalwork under Hayashi Tohachi. The Kamiyoshi were then commanded to follow the traditions of the Hayashi family, which they did and consequently surpassed the Hayashi family in ability and as leaders of the Hosokawa tsuba makers.
An interesting note on sabizuke [patina] was written by Tohachi, "oboe: senji [secret formula], mix 2 hakuensho [white gun powder], 3 rat droppings, 4 crab's intestines and uruka [intestines] of the ayu fish.
For the original design, see Sasano, M, Early Japanese Sword Guards, (Japan Publications Inc., Tokyo and San Francisco), p. 237, no. 181. The example illustrated shows Hayashi Shigemitsu was well able to wholly imitate Matashichi leaving little of his own character in the work.
For a signed example of Kamiyoshi tsuba with a decoration of bamboo, see Shibata, Mitsuo, Hyakutsuba, (Token Shibata, 1973), p. 82.
Higo Kinko Taikan states that the founder Kamiyoshi Dansho came from Tango province to Buzen and then to Higo following and serving the Hosokawa family.
In Anei 7 (1778) the first generation Tadamitsu was ordered by the daimyo to study metalwork under Hayashi Tohachi. The Kamiyoshi were then commanded to follow the traditions of the Hayashi family, which they did and consequently surpassed the Hayashi family in ability and as leaders of the Hosokawa tsuba makers.
An interesting note on sabizuke [patina] was written by Tohachi, "oboe: senji [secret formula], mix 2 hakuensho [white gun powder], 3 rat droppings, 4 crab's intestines and uruka [intestines] of the ayu fish.
For the original design, see Sasano, M, Early Japanese Sword Guards, (Japan Publications Inc., Tokyo and San Francisco), p. 237, no. 181. The example illustrated shows Hayashi Shigemitsu was well able to wholly imitate Matashichi leaving little of his own character in the work.
For a signed example of Kamiyoshi tsuba with a decoration of bamboo, see Shibata, Mitsuo, Hyakutsuba, (Token Shibata, 1973), p. 82.