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Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Product Code
JT1664
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Egawa Sōrin. Mei: Sōrin (kaō)　宗隣（花押)
Type
Iron ground with high-relief carving and iroe. Solid silver shitodome.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 39.7 mm; kashira: height 35.1 mm
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Sōrin (kaō)” 宗隣（花押）
Price
￥420,000
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Design of a Plum Tree

Design of a Plum Tree

Product Code
JT1389
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Ōmori Terumasa. Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō) 幹支間英昌（花押）
Type
Shibuichi ishime ground with gold mon in high relief and iroe. Shitodome with gold tops and silver lower sections.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 37.1 mm; kashira: height 35.0 mm.
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku.
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō)” 幹支間英昌（花押）
Price
￥450,000
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Design of Rooster and Autumn Grasses

Design of Rooster and Autumn Grasses

Product Code
JT1608
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Kikuoka Yukinobu (kaō)
Type
Shakudō nanako ground with gold mon in high relief and iroe; gold-covered reverse
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
-
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Signed: Kikuoka Yukinobu”
Price
￥660,000
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Design of a Plum Tree

Design of a Plum Tree

Product Code
JT1389
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Ōmori Terumasa. Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō) 幹支間英昌（花押）
Type
Shibuichi ishime ground with gold mon in high relief and iroe. Shitodome with gold tops and silver lower sections.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 37.1 mm; kashira: height 35.0 mm.
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku.
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō)” 幹支間英昌（花押）
Price
￥450,000
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Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Product Code
JT1664
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Egawa Sōrin. Mei: Sōrin (kaō)　宗隣（花押)
Type
Iron ground with high-relief carving and iroe. Solid silver shitodome.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 39.7 mm; kashira: height 35.1 mm
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Sōrin (kaō)” 宗隣（花押）
Price
￥420,000
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Design of Various Fish

Design of Various Fish

Product Code
JT1401
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Goto Tsūjō Mei: Goto Mitsutoshi
Type
Shakudo, Nanako-ji, Takabori, Iroe, fukumikin
Period
Mid Edo (18th c.)
Size
Kōgai: L. 212 mm × W. 12.9 mm × T. 5.2 mm Kozuka: L. 97.1 mm × W. 14.5 mm × T. 6.3 mm Menuki: L. 37.6 mm × W. 13.8 mm × T. 6.4 mm
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku
Paper
NBTHK Tokutetsu Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as "Mitsuyoshi"
Price
￥1,850,000
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Black lacquered sword rack with chigai-takanoha mon of the Asano family. Heirloom of Geishū Asano family

Black lacquered sword rack with chigai-takanoha mon of the Asano family. Heirloom of Geishū Asano family

Product Code
JK40
Signature
-
School
Mei: Yamada (Jōka)
Period
Early Edo (17th c.)
Size
568×375×178mm
Include
Period lacquered wood box with furoshiki. Published in “Japanese Sword Rack”
Price
￥3,300,000
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