NihontoWatchNihontoWatchHosono Masamori was a metalworker who expressed landscapes of the Kyoto suburbs and the Omi area in a panoramic style using the technique of kebori hira-zogan on a rogin base. These fuchi-kashira make full use of takabori techniques on a shakudo nanako base, combining various scenes of the Omi Hakkei to masterfully carve and depict a sense of depth and three-dimensionality clearly within a space of less than one sun. The drifting clouds and the ripples of Lake Biwa, rendered with minute nanako, not only call to mind a folding screen painting but also impart a natural movement to the composition.
NihontoWatchTetsugendo Hosono Masamori細野政守
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