"GOTO MITSUTADA", the son of Tsujo and the 12th head of the mainline GOTO family.
Year of birth: Keicho 8 (1690)
Year of death: Enpo 1.9.17 (1742)
"Featured here are two plain copper menuki with a two-legged dragon design, inscribed "Goto Mitsutada". His attention to detail and workmanship is at a high level and full of dignity as is his personality. This is a stunning masterpiece set of menuki with a beautifully colored plain copper base and a two-legged dragon design, beautifully crafted. The menuki are carved in a technique known as Katachi-bori, the subject itself becomes the outline of the menuki. Surface carving and finishing is applied from the front, and in this case is very deep, providing these menuki with exceptional definition and relief.
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