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KATSURANO SEKIBUN (1790-1872)
AND AFTER HOSONO MASAMORI AND SHUNMEI HOGEN
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
A pair of menuki, a kozuka, and a fuchi-gashira, the menuki shakudo
migakiji, the kozuka shibuichi nanako, the fuchi-gashira iron, the menuki
each in the form of a tadpole, chiselled with the creatures’ skin texture
and with eyes inlaid in gold, the kozuka chiselled in katagiribori and
with flush inlay of gold depicting night fishermen with torches in a river,
the banks lined with jakago (reinforcement baskets), the fuchi-gashira
chiselled in relief and with details in gold depicting a fruiting vine and
ants, the menuki signed Yurakusai and Sekibun, the kozuka and fuchi-
gashira respectively with signatures Hosono Sozaemon and Shunmei,
with a kao; the menuki with a wood storage box inscribed on the
reverse of the lid with an attestation by Kuwahara Yojiro (Soa, 1868-
1955) dated 13 June 1942; others with plain wood storage box. (8).
£1,200 - 1,800
JPY230,000 - 350,000
176 US$1,600 - 2,400

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A SET OF KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLE)
AND MENUKI (HILT FITTINGS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
The kozuka shakudo nanako with a migakiji frame and back, inlaid
and chiselled with two minogame (bushy-tailed turtles), the menuki
shakudo, silver, and gold, each modelled as a minogame and waves;
with a fitted wood storage box inscribed Minogame. (4).

£800 - 1,000
JPY160,000 - 190,000
US$1,000 - 1,300
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A SET OF KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLE)
AND MENUKI (HILT FITTINGS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The kozuka shakudo nanako with a gilt frame and back with nekogaki
(‘cat scratches’), applied with an overlaid textile pattern, chiselled
and inlaid in gold and copper relief depicting a makimono (scroll)
and two soshi (books), the menuki also shakudo and decorated
in the same techniques, one as Murasaki Shikibu dressed in court
177 robes composing the Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji), the other as a
nobleman seated playing the koto; with a fitted wood storage box. (4).
£600 - 800
JPY120,000 - 160,000
US$790 - 1,000

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