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GOTO LINEAGE
Three Kozuka (Knife Handles)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
The first shakudo nanako chiselled and inlaid in silver and gold with a
bird, clouds, and moon, with wood storage box; the second shakudo,
chiselled in waves and inlaid with a shachihoko (sea monster) in gold,
signed Goto Taijo (1631-1701 or 1701-1777, Haynes 09247-8) with
a kao (cursive monogram), with fitted wood tomobako storage box
with an attestation dated autumn 1976 and signed by Sato Kanzan
(1907-1978); the third shakudo nanako chiselled and inlaid in silver
and gold with a swallow, willow, and stream, signed Goto Mitsuyasu
(Goto Kakujo, early 19th century, Haynes 02395) with a kao (cursive
monogram), with wood storage box. (6).
£800 - 1,200
191 JPY160,000 - 230,000
US$1,000 - 1,600

192
GOTO MITSUHIRA
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/early 18th century
A kozuka, shakudo nanako with a shibuichi migakiji frame, the plate
chiselled in relief and with details in gold with a dragon with a sword in
its tail, writhing under and over the shakudo nanako surface, signed on
192 the reverse Goto Mitsuhira (Haynes 05184) with an elaborate kao;
with a wood storage box.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

Accompanied by certificate no. 4007080 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu
Token Hozonkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword) designating this kozuka as a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu (Sword
Fitting Especially Worthy of Preservation), dated 15 January 2021.

Haynes records two other examples of this signature in the collection
of the Victoria and Albert Museum and suggests that the artist might
be identified with Goto Shunjo (d. 1682; Haynes 08828)
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FIVE KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
The first iron, chiselled and inlaid in silver and gold with a Chinese deity,
perhaps Seiobo, with signature Issando Joi and seal Nagaharu; the
second shakudo nanako with relief inlay of gold, silver, shakudo, and
copper depicting a fugu (blowfish), tai (bream), and another fish, each
with seaweed, signed Ishiguro Masamitsu (circa 1800, Haynes 04204)
with a kao (cursive monogram); the remaining three all shibuichi: the
third with a wood-grain ground, chiselled in relief with a foreshortened
elephant (gilt details); the fourth with an ishime ground inlaid in relief
gold, silver, and shakudo with a long-tailed bird perched in a flowering
plum tree; the fifth migakiji with katagiri engraving and relief inlay of
copper, shakudo, and gold depicting a courtier and horse, the reverse
gold and shibuichi divided by a diagonal line, signed Nagatsune
with a kao. (5).

£1,500 - 1,800
JPY290,000 - 350,000
US$2,000 - 2,400

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
108 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.