9 Nov 2010
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I
Back to auction 18493
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I
Back to auction 18493
Kaga School
A shakudo tsuba
By Umezawa Kunitane, Kaga School, 19th century
Of oval form, bearing a nanako ground inlaid in iroe takazogan with Kajiwara Kagetoki poking his bow into the hollow of a pine tree while Minamoto no Yoritomo sits to one side, the reverse with a kneeling attendant on a sea shore, signed Kiitsu hitsu (after the drawing by Kiitsu), Umezawa Kunitane with kao.
7.6cm (3in).
Of oval form, bearing a nanako ground inlaid in iroe takazogan with Kajiwara Kagetoki poking his bow into the hollow of a pine tree while Minamoto no Yoritomo sits to one side, the reverse with a kneeling attendant on a sea shore, signed Kiitsu hitsu (after the drawing by Kiitsu), Umezawa Kunitane with kao.
7.6cm (3in).
Sold for
£2,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 鐔 梶原景時と源頼朝 銘「其一筆 梅澤邑種（花押）」 19世紀
For the maker, a student of Goto Shinjo and of Yokoya Terukiyo, see Haynes, Index, no.H 03668.
The design is taken from Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858), a painter who worked variously in the Rimpa, Tosa and Shijo styles.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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