TWENTY-FIVE KOZUKA

SOME SIGNED, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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TWENTY-FIVE KOZUKA
Some signed, 18th/19th Century
Shibuichi depicting ayu swimming in a stream in takabori and katakiribori, rocks in shakudo takazogan; ishimeji copper depicting a sparrow perched on a string of a ball which is hanging from a branch in takabori and copper zogan, Kyoto school, signed Akiyoshi; shibuichi decorated with Koreijin on a tiger carved in takabori and katakiribori, bamboo in shakudo hirazogan; brass, depicting sunrise and a crow perched on a fence, in brass takabori and shakudo takazogan, signed Kaei gen (1848) boshin nen, gogatsu bi, Oninsenkakuju, gyonen rokuju yu shi (at the age of 64), Kunichika sen kore; shibuichi with Raijin and Fujin on clouds in gold and shakudo hirazogan, the reverse with a traveller in kebori; shibuichi of a mounted Portuguese archer in takabori and iroe zogan, signed Shiunsai Hirochika and kao; shakudo nanako of cockerels beside a stream and pine in takabori and gilt encased in a polished shakudo case; shibuichi depicting two cranes in takabori and gilt encased in a polished shakudo case, the reverse with a branch, Otsuki school, signed Ryuenshi Okihisa and Kao;
shakudo chirimen ishime-ji decorated with a spider on a web; Yoshioka school shakudo nanako depicting a swan in silvered takazogan, signed Yoshioka Terutsugu; Nara school shibuichi with Hotei looking at a silver full moon; another carved with a tiger in katakiribori, with signature Soyo and Kao; three copper kozuka each with a decoration of a figure with a giant pot, shakudo hirazogan cherry blossom and reeds by a stream with a reflection of the moon, signed Tomotsune saku; and ten iron, decoration including a bell insect, a tamamushi [jewel beetle], a spider attacking a butterfly, a ho-o bird, a monkey eating noodles, Jurojin and deer, a stylized dragon, a cormorant fisher and a sennin in a cave, (iron mostly rusty), (25)

拍品专文

The second artist Akiyoshi is probably of Kyoto who worked around Kansei period.

The fourth artist Tsuchiya Kunichika is said to have died in 1852 at the age of 65. He often added some years when he carved his age.

The eighth artist Otsuki Okihisa is a student of Otsuki Mitsuoki.

The tenth artist was the adopted son of Kiyotsugu by the government in 1774. In 1802, he became the 7th master and was given the name Inabanosuke.

The fifteenth artist for copper kozuka Ogawa Tomotsune worked in Kyoto.