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sao was made by Renjô (Mitsutomo), the symbol of long life, endurance, and loyalty, shakudd and detailed with gold and silver.
tenth-generation Goto head. The inscrip- and often used as a motif in the arts, Takasago is a place in the province of
tion on the reverse reads, mon Jdshin; Mit- spreads widely right and left across the Harima (present-day Hyôgo Prefecture). In
sutomo [kad of Mitsutomo]. horizontal plane. The pine needles are de- legend, and in the No play also called Taka-
The fourth example (d) holds a closely picted as wheels of needles, typical of the sago, an ancient and mutually devoted
described gold high-relief depiction of traditional Goto style. Shinjô (Mitsuyoshi), couple named Jo and Uba are revealed as
Fudô Myôô executed by the fourth- the fifteenth-generation head, made the the spirits of the pine trees, one at Taka-
generation Goto head, Kojo. The sao was sao, as inscribed on the reverse, Made by sago, one at Sumiyoshi. The sao, with a sil-
again made by Jujó (Mitsumasa), the Eijd; Mitsuyoshi [kad of Mitsuyoshi]. ver wave pattern at the upper left on the
twelfth-generation Goto head, whose in- The seventh example (g) was made front, was executed by the twelfth-
scription on the reverse reads, mon Kôjd; entirely by Kenjó, the seventh-generation generation head, Jujô (Mitsumasa), who in-
Mitsumasa [kaô of Mitsumasa]. Goto head. The plump high-relief gold fig- scribed the edge, Made by Sokujd;
The fifth example (e) consists of five ure of Ebisu, revered as one of the seven Mitsumasa [kad of Mitsumasa].
gold high-relief oxen in a variety of pos- gods of good luck, sits on a rock holding a The ninth example (i) is decorated
tures by the fifth-generation Goto head, fishing pole. The reverse is inscribed, Goio with a scene of fishing, a motif often em-
Tokujô. The ox is one of the twelve ani- Kenjd [kad]. ployed in the arts from the Muromachi pe-
mals of the zodiacal cycle, a theme often The eighth example (/z), a motif riod, here consisting of high-relief
used by the Goto school. The ninth Goto known as Takasago, was decorated by the mountains on the left and a fisherman
head, Teijo made the sao and inscribed the eighth-generation Goto head, Sokujó. The rowing a small boat at the right, bobbing
reverse, mon Tokujô; Teijd [kad of Teijo]. motif, often depicted by the Goto school, among the carved waves; details are added
The sixth-generation Goto head, Eijô, consists of an old pine tree, here in gold, in gold and silver. This work was made by
made the high-relief gold pine tree of the and an old man holding a rake and an old the ninth Goto head, Teijo, who inscribed
sixth example (/); the pine, treasured as a woman holding a broom. Here the pine the reverse, Teijo [kad]. HY
tree is in gold and both figures are made of

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