A Hamano School Kozuka

SIGNED SHOUNKEN TOSHIYOSHI, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

細節
A Hamano School Kozuka
Signed Shounken Toshiyoshi, late Edo period (19th century)
The shibuichi migaki-ji plate depicting a large tiger, the reverse with bamboo, decorated in takabori and katakiribori, with a wood box
出版
Lundgren Collection, no. 70

拍品專文

Irie Toshiyoshi was a student of Masayoshi and was well known for having a similar carving technique to Shozui. This kozuka well reflects the similarity.

For a similar piece see Joly, H L, Japanese Sword Fittings, (1912), a kozuka by Masayoshi, no. 1652.