HAMANO NAOYUKI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING KANZAN AND JITTOKU
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
HAMANO NAOYUKI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING KANZAN AND JITTOKU By Hamano Naoyuki (1754-c. 1795), signed Hamano Naoyuki with kakihan Japan, Hamano school, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of naga-marugata shape, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, worked in gold, silver, suaka (refined copper), shakudo, and shibuichi takazogan and fine katakiribori and kebori engravings, depicting Kanzan and Jittoku holding an opened scroll beneath a tall pine tree, extending to the verso, in a rocky landscape next to a fierce tiger with finely articulated stripes and minutely detailed fur.
The artist is listed in Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 1360 (H 06907.0). Haynes identifies the artist as one of the students of the first Hamano Noriyuki. The last known work of the artist was in 1795. Museum comparison: Compare a related tsuba by the same artist depicting Kan’u, in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.208. Compare a related tsuba by the same artist depicting Choryo and Kosekiko, in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.5510.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- shibuichi
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 7.1 cm, LENGTH 6.7 cm WEIGHT 137.4 g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205635609
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.