後藤法橋 一乗

Goto Ichijo

Shakudo Kozuka "Fuji No Yama"   

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
Hakogaki by Ikeda Takao (1850-1934) Student of Kano Natsuo

Dimensions:  98mm x 15mm

Goto Ichijo is a renowned master in the world of tosogu. Ichijo is ranked as Meiko 名工 by Wakayama. This is the highest rank used by Wakayama. In the history of Juyo tosogu, Ichijo's name appears 174 times.

This kozuka has a hako-gaki by Ikeda Takao (1850-1934) who was a student of Kano Natsuo. The hako-gaki reads as follows:

Fugaku no zu kozuka
ukin-ji iroe usunikuori
Ichijo saku Hokkyo zaimei
Meiji kinoe-tatsu shoka no hi Takao shirusu + in Ittosai

Kozuka with Mt. Fuji motif
Ukin (shakudo) ground, iroe, usunikubori
Work of Ichijo, signed with the Hokkyo title
Written by Takao on a day in early summer of the year of the dragon of the Meiji era (1904) + Seal Ittosai

富岳圖 小柄 烏金地色絵薄肉彫
一乘作　法橋在銘
明治甲辰初夏日隆雄誌「一到斎」

This kozuka was once in the collection of Mitsumura Toshimo (光村利藻, 1877-1955), also known as Ryushido (龍獅堂). Ryushido was a major sword and sword fittings collector of the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa eras. This Ichijo was an item in his personal collection. Please note Ryushido's seal on the bottom of the box, style of the nesting box and Ryushido's paper label.

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