HAMANO NAOYUKI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING KANZAN AND JITTOKU

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HAMANO NAOYUKI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING KANZAN AND JITTOKU By Hamano Naoyuki (1754-c. 1795), signed Hamano Naoyuki with kakihan Japan, Hamano school, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of naga-marugata shape, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, worked in gold, silver, suaka (refined copper), shakudo, and shibuichi takazogan and fine katakiribori and kebori engravings, depicting Kanzan and Jittoku holding an opened scroll beneath a tall pine tree, extending to the verso, in a rocky landscape next to a fierce tiger with finely articulated stripes and minutely detailed fur. Signed HAMANO NAOYUKI. HEIGHT 7.1 cm, LENGTH 6.7 cm WEIGHT 137.4 g The artist is listed in Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 1360 (H 06907.0). Haynes identifies the artist as one of the students of the first Hamano Noriyuki. The last known work of the artist was in 1795. Museum comparison: Compare a related tsuba by the same artist depicting Kan’u, in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.208. Compare a related tsuba by the same artist depicting Choryo and Kosekiko, in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.5510.

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