Kogai : (NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Mei (signature) : Mumei (Unsigned)(Yoshioka)
Length : 21.2 cm x 1.23 cm ( 8.34 inches x 0.48 inches)
Jidai(era) : Edo period.
Special feature : Shakudo Nanako, Aoi-mon with gold color.
The Yoshioka family is very famous likewise the Goto family. Shigetsugu, the founder of the Yoshioka family lived in Kyoto. He became a retained metalsmith of the Tokugawa shogunate and went to Edo. Most of deferential works of this family for the Tokugawas were not signed.
AOI estimation paper
NBTHK Hozon Paper
In Kiri box.
