SIGNED JAKUSHI, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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AN AORIGATA IRON TSUBA AND FOUR OTHERS
Signed Jakushi, Edo Period (18th Century)
An aorigata iron tsuba depicting a Chinese style mountainous lakeside landscape in nikubori with gilt and some metal detail, on the reverse a similar scene with figures on a bridge, signed Jakushi; a mokkogata tsuba decorated with leaves and flowers in gilt nunomezogan, 18th Century; a circular iron Yoshirozogan tsuba with Chinese vines in brass hirazogan, 17th Century; a juji-mokkogata tsuba, stylised rain-dragons and imitation of European letters in gilt and silver nunomezogan, unsigned, Hizen school, 17th-18th Century; and a circular iron tsuba, chrysanthemum flowers and leaves in yosukashi and shinchu hirazogan, unsigned, Heianjo style, 18th Century
8.6cm., 8.2cm., 8cm., 6.6cm. and 8.4cm. respectively (5)
Signed Jakushi, Edo Period (18th Century)
An aorigata iron tsuba depicting a Chinese style mountainous lakeside landscape in nikubori with gilt and some metal detail, on the reverse a similar scene with figures on a bridge, signed Jakushi; a mokkogata tsuba decorated with leaves and flowers in gilt nunomezogan, 18th Century; a circular iron Yoshirozogan tsuba with Chinese vines in brass hirazogan, 17th Century; a juji-mokkogata tsuba, stylised rain-dragons and imitation of European letters in gilt and silver nunomezogan, unsigned, Hizen school, 17th-18th Century; and a circular iron tsuba, chrysanthemum flowers and leaves in yosukashi and shinchu hirazogan, unsigned, Heianjo style, 18th Century
8.6cm., 8.2cm., 8cm., 6.6cm. and 8.4cm. respectively (5)
Literature
For a similar example of the fourth tsuba, see Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 1082.
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