'YOSHIOKA INABAOSUKE'
$4000.00
An elegant Futokoromono of kotsuka and kogai of shakudo nanako plates with gold, brass, silver, and shakudo fish. The nanako on the plates is tiny and precise and the fish are delicately made and in high relief. There are two fish on the kogai and one on the kozuka that appear to be of solid gold inlay. All of the fish are very delicate and wonderful. The flounder is inlaid with both silver and shakudo. (Haynes & Long)

'GOTO   RENJO' and Kao
$5000.00
An elegant Futokoromono of kotsuka and kogai of gold with shakudo nanako plates with gold and shakudo birds. The nanako on the plates is tiny and precise and the birds are delicately made. (Haynes)

'GOTO   MITSUNOBU' and Kao
$3500.00
An elegant Goto kogai and kotsuka. Each of fine shakudo and decorated with horse trappings. The kozuka and kogai are finished with a fine and precise nanako ground.
They are both signed 'GOTO MITSUNOBU'. (See Haynes H 02396.0) This is Goto Mitsunobu Kakujo born in Kyoto 1589, died in Kaga 1656. He is the founder of the Kanbei Line. He is listed in the Soken Kisho, 1781,vol.2 pg.23. (Haynes)

'NAOMITSU   YANAGAWA'
$4000.00
Middle to late Edo period [Naomitsu Yanagawa (Kao)] Tsuruzu Sansho. Naomitsu Yanagawa: An excellent tsubaco from the middle to late Edo period.
It is a beautifully constructed design, and one of the best designs of this master craftsman "Naomitsu Yanagawa".
The certificate has been confirmed by the association and is correct and consistent with this set. (Long)

'GOTO  ETSUJO'
$7500.00
An elegant Goto Mitokoromono of menuki, kogai and kotsuka. Each of fine shakudo and decorated with coiling dragons, the kozuka and kogai finished with a fine and precise nanako ground.
The kogai is signed 'GOTO ETSUJO'.
The wood tomobako storage box with an attestation by Sato Kanzan dated summer, 1974.
Also accompanied with Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu certificate no. 5555, issued by the NBTHK dated November 23, 1975.(Haynes)

'GOTO   TSUJO'
$9500.00
"Presented here is a dignified and elegant Goto Mitokoromono of menuki, kogai and kotsuka. Each of fine shakudo and decorated with spider web and horse, the kozuka and kogai finished with a fine and precise nanako ground. The fine Nanako on the plate is worn down outside of the high relief motif and along the edges. This is a normal characteristic of such old kogai and kotzuka. The spider webs and the eyes of the horses are covered in gold uttori, where the gold is overlain and affixed in very fine furrows around the edges. The menuki have height and narrow at the edge, the root being the yin-yang type.
Kozuka and Kogai are signed 'GOTO MITSUTOSHI' and Kao. The Menuki are unsigned." (Long)