Sado Sanzaemon Katsukage


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PROVENANCE:    Robert E. Haynes
                                            Elliott D. Long		 SOLD - Reference Only
"Almost round iron plate with pipe rim form, and bold waves at the top and bottom of the plate. The waves with some strong carving on the surface. The plate is as thick as the thickest Akasaka tsuba, but this is the work of Kazariya Katsukage H 02786.0 (art name Sado Sanzaemon Katsukage) who worked on Sado Island ca. 1675-1750. He also made the famous tsuba in the shape of the KUNI kanji for his master, Matsumiya Kanzan, born Oct. 8, 1686, died Dec. 4, 1780, see H 02682.0. The work of these masters is very rare and very few have ever come out of Japan." (Haynes)

Smiths working on Sado Island during the middle of the Edo age produced tsuba that have an antique feeling, but do not seem to be of any certain origin, style or school. They worked in a mixture of Owari, Akasaka, and Kyo-sukashi openwork styles. The walls of the openwork tsuba are wider than those made by the schools mentioned. (Long)

7.4cm x 7.6cm x 0.75cm
 

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                                                         P.O. Box 2103
                                                         Gresham, Oregon 97030
                                                         USA



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