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'YASUCHIKA' 'BAMEN TSUNEMASA'
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'YASUCHIKA' 'BAMEN TSUNEMASA'
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| Provenance: Elliott Long | $5000.00 |
"Presented here is a well forged fuchi of skilled construction by Tsunemasa. Then it was in the artistic hands of the 2nd. Yasuchika who used a motif of ocean waves and the sun for its final design. Both Tsunemasa and Yasuchika expressed their exemplary skill at creating a masterpiece." (Long) |
 |  Attribution by NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho (Green Paper) |
MEI: 'INLAY ZOGAN by YASUCHIKA' (H 11105.0). Was the son of the 1st. YASUCHIKA and took over the business in ca. 1730. (Long) |  | MEI: 'FORGED by BAMEN TSUNEMASA' (H 10825.0). The family name came from the Bamen Mura, a village in Echizen. He made this fuchi for YASUCHIKA. (Long) |
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