JAPAN, TANAKA SCHOOL - Late EDO Period (1603 - 1868) - Lot 10

JAPAN, TANAKA SCHOOL - Late EDO Period (1603 - 1868) Mokko gata in iron inlaid with gold and shibuichi hira zogan of a dragon above foaming waves in front of Mount Fuji, openwork kage-sukashi at the top. Signed Sodetome urabe ni oite, Toshikage [Toshikage, on the shores of Sodetome Bay (Edo)] and kao. H. 8.4 cm Featured in the exhibition Samouraïs. Guerriers et esthètes, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg, from March 11 to July 13, 2022, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog, n°084, p.112 Reproduced in Patrick Liebermann, Tsuba. Itinéraires d'une collection, 2016, n°59, p.87 Published in L'estampille magazine, n°116, p.23, fig. 17 Reference: reproduced in V.F Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, vol.1, p.153, pl. XIV.