Lot Essay
Tsuji Yamashiro Daijo Masanaga was a well-known saddle maker who died in 1730 at the age of 76. In his early period he used the name Masatomo.
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CARVED ON THE REVERSE KANBUN 11-NEN [1671] 10-GATSU 25-HI MASATOMO AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Details
A Kura [saddle]
Carved on the reverse Kanbun 11-nen [1671] 10-gatsu 25-hi Masatomo and kao, Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
The wood frame with nashiji ground decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with flowering vine and mon, some old wear
36cm. long
Carved on the reverse Kanbun 11-nen [1671] 10-gatsu 25-hi Masatomo and kao, Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
The wood frame with nashiji ground decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with flowering vine and mon, some old wear
36cm. long
Literature
Yoshiie Takatsu ed., Kura to Abumi (Kyoto, 1983), pl. 33.
Special notice
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