NihontoWatchNihontoWatchMiddle Edo period Yamashina Tetsu kenma-ji takabori kingin suemon zogan iroe Iwamoto Tsunenao, also known as Iwamoto Sadanaka, was a student of Ichinomiya Nagatsune and a kinkō who was active in Kyō during the middle Edo period. His designs were diverse, including figures, animals, plants, and insects, and his style closely resembles that of Nagatsune; it is thought that he produced many daisaku for him. This kozuka is also truly magnificent, featuring an interesting design of a bird of prey atop a rock on a snowy shore; the waves and rocks carved in sukidashibori, the set bird of prey, and the skillfully applied zogan draw one into a world unique to a student of Nagatsune. In an otoshi-kiribako
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Banryuken Iwamoto Sadataka
Edo
Signed
Hozon (NBTHK)
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¥350,000