JAPAN, GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL - Late EDO Period (1603 - 1868) - Lot 149

JAPAN, GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL - Late EDO Period (1603 - 1868) Nagamaru gata in iron chased in hira bori with an egret standing on one leg near reeds. The eye, aoi leaves and water are inlaid with gold. The irregular mimi is slightly over-thickened. Signed Chikufunsha Ikken (1832-1904) and stamped Ikken in silver. H. 8.1 cm NBTHK certificate no. 452699 Reproduced in Patrick Liebermann, Tsuba. Itinéraires d'une collection, 2016, n°28, p.47 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°169, p.159 Reference: Two tsuba with similar decoration reproduced in Nihonto taikan (sanko), [Encyclopedia of the Japanese Sword], n°582 and 583, reproduced p. 543.