Set of Tosogu : Mumei (unsigned)(Kaga Goto)
2017/01/31
Set of Tosogu : Fuchi Kashira, Menuki, Kozuka, Kogai（NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Mei (Signature) : Mumei (unsigned)(Kaga Goto)
Menuki :
Length 1 : 3.24cm x 1.48cm x 0.77cm
( 1.28inches x 0.58inches x 0.3inches)
Length 2 : 3.22cm x 1.56cm x 0.77cm
( 1.27inches x 0.61inches x 0.3inches)
Special Feature; On shakudo plate, Hotei, God of good fortune, design is engraved and inlayed with gold and silver.
Kozuka :
Length : 9.6cm x 1.42cm ( 3.78inches x 0.56inches)
Special Feature: On shakudo nanako-ji plate, Hotei, God of good fortune, design is engraved and inlayed with gold and silver.
Kogai :
Length : 21.1cm x 1.29cm (8.31 inches x 0.51inches)
Special Feature: On shakudo nanakoko-ji plate , Hotei, God of good fortune, design is engraved and inlayed with gold and silver.
Special feature: Teijo was known as the 9th of the head Goto family who was a legitimate child of Kenjho. Teijyo was born in 1603 at Kyoto. His father Kenjho was the 7th of the head Goto family. Teijo himself succeeded the Goto-Rihei family in 1625. He also used another name Mitsumasa. He started to use the name Teijho in 1646 when he was 44 years old. Teijo worked as a retained metalsmith of the Maeda family, the domain of Kaga, present Kanazawa pref. He exerted himself not only making tosogu but also cultivating the pupils later called the Kaga-goto school.
This piece has expressed the calm Hotei-sama’s figure well.
NBTHK Hozon Paper
AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.
Price : 250,000 JPY-
