HIROYUKI: A FINE SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH GEESE FLYING AT NIGHT
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800, Edo period (1615-1868)
HIROYUKI: A FINE SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH GEESE FLYING AT NIGHT By Chihakuken Hiroyuki (active c. 1800), signed Chihakuken Japan, c. 1800, Edo period (1615-1868) Of nademarugata form, with one kozuka and kogai hitsu ana, the shakudo migakiji ground detailed in sukashi and with gold and copper takazogan to depict a pair of geese flying above a river and below the gold moon.
Chihakuken Hiroyuki is listed in Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p.299 (H 01460.0). He was a student of the Uchikoshi school. Haynes mentions a similar shibuichi tsuba inlaid in gold, silver, and shakudo with two storks and reeds by a stream, formerly in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number M485—1916.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- shakudo
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 6.3 cm, LENGTH 5.8 cm WEIGHT 84 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
- 205635611
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.