Folding screen with the battle at Sekigahara17th centurySix-panel folding screen (byobu)136.5 x 263 cmInk, color, gofun and gold-leaf]The screen represents some moments from the famous Sekigahara battle. The focus is on the winner armies, where some characters are easily recognizable.In the first panel on the right the Tokugawa Ieyasu camp is clearly represented; Tokugawa is here portrayed as an old man, according to the iconography offered by the sculpture that stands in his mausoleum in Nikko. Close by there is the camp of Sakakibara Yasumasa, his...
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Antique sweet-box with katami-gawari decorationEarly Edo period (1603-1868) 17th century 8 x 11 x 5.5 cmThis antique lacquer kashibako is made with a paper core instead of the usual wooden one, resulting in being extremely light.A bolt-shaped line (katami-gawari) across the top divides the surface into two parts, each decorated with a different texture; this particular feature is typical of the Momoyama and early Edo period lacquerware. On one side, the design represents chrysanthemum’s leaves on a bamboo curtain background, while on the other there are hollyhock leaves...
Mid Edo Period (1615-1867)Signed Choshu Hagi ju, Kawaji TomonaoCursive inscription on ura side.Nikubori ji-sukashi. Iron with gold inlay.71 x 67 x 4 mmTomonao was from the Kawaji school and was the brother of Tomomichi. He later became independent and founded the Kawaji beppa. As in this case, iron tsuba are usually worked in nikubori ji-sukashi and ita tsuba with sukidashibori. He sometimes combined the methods of the Bushu Ito and Shoami schools.Tsuba for sale
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