A Ko-Tosho School Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY), THE SECOND SIGNED CHOSHU HAGI JU NAKAI ZENSUKE TOMOTSUNE

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A Ko-Tosho School Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba
Edo period (17th-18th century), the second signed Choshu Hagi ju Nakai Zensuke Tomotsune
The first, an iron circular plate finished in tsuchime-ji and pierced with cherry blossoms and a kemari ball, a reference to a scene from the Tale of Genji; the second, an iron circular tsuba pierce-carved with chrysanthemums and with gilt highlights
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.); 3 3/8in, (8.6cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

R. Gwynne Stout, New York (the first only)
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, The Late Charles A. Greenfield Collection, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lots 238 and 245

Exhibited

Japan House Gallery, New York, "The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield," 1972, autumn

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield, exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, 1972), tsuba nos. 4 and 18 (text only).

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