Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Shakudō tsuba with an ishime ground and a lakeside landscape of mountains, pavilion and boat, signed 蟻行子源長美 (Gikōshi Minamoto no Nagayoshi) with a gold kaō.
Tate-maru tsuba signed 蟻行子源長美 (Gikōshi Minamoto no Nagayoshi), with a kaō in gold hira-zōgan. According to the original seller, Nagayoshi was the second master of the Ichinomiya house, pupil and adopted son of Ichinomiya Nagatsune, born in 1756. The photographs show a plate of deep black shakudō worked in a fine ishime that evokes the mist of a mountain landscape. Above, distant peaks barely suggested; to the right, a multi-roofed pavilion among pines and a house by the shore in takabori; below, a tree on the bank; to the left, a boatman on water drawn in kebori. Both hitsu-ana carry an inner gold fukurin. The patina looks even and free of rust, and the gold is intact. It measures 70.3 × 66 mm, 4.9 mm at the seppa-dai, and comes in a fitted paulownia box. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, which does not appear in the photographs.
Strong points
- Signed by Ichinomiya Nagayoshi, with a gold kaō
- Good-quality shakudō with a fine ishime ground
- Airy landscape in takabori and kebori, with a painterly composition
- Gold fukurin in both hitsu-ana
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper declared by the original seller
Points to bear in mind
- The paper does not appear in the photographs
- Only one small photograph of the front; reverse and rim are not shown
- Metal of a different tone is visible at the lower edge of the central ana (possibly sekigane)
Score
61.2 / 100
- Maker 19 of 25 Genuine signature of a known maker or school
- Workmanship 15 of 20 Notable work
- Condition 14 of 18 Good condition
- Period 5 of 12 Late Edo (1781–1868)
- Paper 4 of 10 NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Extras 0 of 5 No complete set by the same maker and no inscribed box
- Price 4.2 of 10 Rank 191 of 330 by price among pieces of its type, from the most affordable to the dearest
The score shares out 100 points: Maker 25 · Workmanship 20 · Condition 18 · Period 12 · Paper 10 · Extras 5 · Price 10. It is computed from the record, not from an opinion. Maker, workmanship, condition and period are judged from the photographs and the paper; price is compared only with fittings of the same type.
Details
- Type
- Tsuba
- Maker
- Ichinomiya Nagayoshi
- Period
- Late Edo (1781–1868)
- Material
- Shakudō, Gold
- Paper
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Signature
- Signed
- School
- Ichinomiya
- Inscription
- 蟻行子源長美 (Gikōshi Minamoto no Nagayoshi)
- Technique
- Takabori (high relief), Kebori (line engraving), Zōgan (inlay), Other technique
- Dating
- Late Edo period (late 18th – early 19th century)