An Ishiguro School Shakudo Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED JUGAKUSAI ISHIGURO MASAYOSHI, AND WITH KAO

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An Ishiguro School Shakudo Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), signed Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi, and with kao
The oval shakudo nanako plate decorated with a peacock and peony under cherry blossoms, and two small birds perched on the tree and two others flying on the front, the reverse with a peacock and a two small birds near a cherry tree by a stream, all in takabori gold, silver and copper inlays; squared rim
3in. (7.6cm.) diameter
With a certificate of registration as Hozon tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving) no. 446267 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 2004.6.29.

Provenance

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo

Exhibited

Ihara City Gallery, Okayama, "Mononofu no bi" (The beauty of warriors), The Ihara City Gallery, Okayama, 1988.3.23--4.3

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, "Kaikan kinen tosogu meihin ten" (Exhibition commemorating the museum's opening, masterpieces of swords and sword fittings), 1994.10

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, "Shinshun tokubetsu ten, token/tosogu teihin ten" (Special New Year's exhibition, exhibition of masterpieces of swords and sword fittings), 2000.1

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Tosogu yuhin zufu, vol. 4 (Osaka, 1986-1990).

Kashima Susumu, ed., Mononofu no bi (The beauty of warriors), exh. cat. (Tokyo, 1988), no. 88, p. 56.

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, ed., Kaikan kinen tosogu meihin ten (Exhibition commemorating the museum's opening), exh. cat. (Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings: Tokyo, 1994), no. 70, p. 59.

_____, Shinshun tokubetsu ten, token/tosogu meihin ten (Special New Year's exhibition, exhibition of masterpieces of swords and sword fittings), exh. cat. (Museum of Japanese sword Fittings: Tokyo, 2000), no. 26, the cover page and p. 18.

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