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46 | YASUCHIKA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SHIBUICHI
WITH RATS AND SCROLL PAINTINGS
By Yasuchika, signed Yasuchika
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Of tate-maru-gata (oval) form with one hitsu, worked in iroe-
takazogan and hirazogan with gold details, depicting on the
obverse two piebald rats and a folded fan before a hanging scroll
of a Muromachi-period style-ink painting of a landscape, the
reverse with an additional rat and a branch of blossoming plum in
silver. The subject is an allusion to the lucky god Daikoku. Signed
YASUCHIKA.

SIZE 6.1 x 5.2 cm
WEIGHT 71.9 g
Condition: Excellent condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: French private collection

AUCTION COMPARISON
A similar tsuba was sold at
Bonhams, The Art of the Samurai,
30 October 2017, New York, lot 357
(part lot with a matching fuchi-
kashira, sold for 3,500 USD).

Estimate EUR 1,200
Starting price EUR 600

47 | A MATCHING
SET OF SWORD
FITTINGS WITH
KIRI-MONS

One kozuka signed with a
kakihan
Japan, 18th to 19th century,
Edo period (1615-1868)

Consisting of three matching
sword fittings, comprising
a pair of kozukas and an
iron mokko-gata tsuba.
The tsubas incised with
ume (plum) blossoms
and finely inlaid gold kiri-
mons (imperial paulownia
crests). One shibuichi
kozuka with inlaid gold
kiri-mons and incised
chrysanthemum crests
all against a fine nanako
ground and the second a
shibuichi kozuka with inlaid
gold kiri-mons and mokko-
mon (woodmelon crest),
signed with a kakihan.
LENGTH kozuka 9.7 cm,
SIZE tsuba 6.7 x 6.3 cm
WEIGHT 60, 22 & 32 g
Condition: All in good
condition with minor
expected rubbing and
surface wear.
Provenance: French private
collection.
Estimate EUR 1,000
Starting price EUR 500

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