Katana - Steel, Tamahagane - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
No. 87734687
Fuchi - Shakudo - Yamazaki Ichiga - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
No. 87734687
Fuchi - Shakudo - Yamazaki Ichiga - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Highest quality fuchi by the famous Kyoto artist Yamazaki Ichiga
Mei: Yamazaki Ichiga (山崎一賀)
Yamazaki Ichiga who was famous for carving beautiful faces which can also be seen on this piece. The fuchi depicts a fisherman and three karako musicians on a fine nanako ground in shakudo in a box with a hakogaki from Torigoye Kazutaro:
Outside:
山崎一賀 - Yamazaki Ichiga
縁頭 - Fuchi Kashira
Inside:
徭刃宗壹寸貳分[?]
昭和四十二年七月吉日 - Showa 42 7th Month Happy Day (July 1967)
右正作也 - Migi shosaku
在耶 Saro [Kao] = name used by Torigoye in the late 1960s
Red tori (bird) seal as used by Torigoye in assessments outside Japan
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