A Mito Sekijoken School Daisho Fuchi-Kashira

SIGNED TAIZAN [OYAMA] MOTOTOSHI AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Mito Sekijoken School Daisho Fuchi-Kashira
Signed Taizan [Oyama] Mototoshi and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The shakudo nanako kashira depicting a cockerel on a drum [Totenko], the fuchi with a cockerel and chick under a pine in takabori, gold and copper hirazogan and gold iroe, with a wood box (4)

Provenance

J G Hawkshaw Collection, p. 177, no. 2261

Literature

Lundgren Collection, no. 105

Lot Essay

This common subject alludes to a Chinese legend. During the rule of the Emperor Yao, a drum was positioned by the main gate and used to muster the troops. During a long period of peace the drum was not used and became a nesting place for hens. Kotoku Tenno introduced this custom to Japan and the Shoguns of the Kamakura period followed the tradition.

It is said that Mototoshi used the same kao as the first generation Sekijoken Gensai.

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