NihontoWatchNihontoWatchKikuchi Tsunekatsu was born in the first year of Horeki (1751) in the middle of the Edo period, and was a sword fitting artisan active from the middle Edo period Horeki (1751~) through the late period around Meiwa, commonly known as Seijiro. He used the go Soryuken and Gidoken, and after entering the priesthood in his later years, he also used the go Soju. It is said that he lived in Negishi, Shitaya, Edo, and he learned the techniques of the Yokoya and Yanagawa schools from Inagawa Naokatsu, founded the Kikuchi school, and trained many disciples. He was skilled in takabori iroe as well as kebori and katakiribori, and while the year of his death is unknown, his survival past the age of 64 has been confirmed through his works. This warigogai is a work that depicts a rabbit looking up at a crescent moon in a truly adorable manner using Tsunekatsu's specialty katakiribori on a suaka migaki-ji, and it is a masterpiece that exudes elegance within its unadorned simplicity.
Certificate reading — 銘 菊池序克(花押)
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Kikuchi Tsunekatsu
Edo
Signed
Tokuho (NBTHK)
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
around 1670
3 pieces on the market now
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