NORIYUKI: A SUPERB HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH KANZAN AND JITTOKU

NORIYUKI: A SUPERB HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH KANZAN AND JITTOKU
By Hamano Noriyuki, sealed Noriyuki (Kuzui)
Japan, Hamano school, c. 1800, Edo period (1615-1868)
The shibuichi tsuba of nagamarugata shape, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, the nakago-ana with some suaka sekigane, delicately worked in iro-e takazogan of gold, silver, suaka, and shakudo, as well as fine kebori and katakiribori engraving to depict Kanzan walking on a sandy shore towards Jittoku, the tide slowly coming in, the reverse with Jittoku leaning against a broom as he gazes at the moon, both dressed in voluminous robes with foliate designs, the shore with shells and craggy rocks on stippled ground, signed with a seal NORIYUKI (Kuzui).
HEIGHT 7.1 cm, LENGTH 6.5 cm
WEIGHT 130.4 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear.
Museum comparison:
A closely related shibuichi tsuba with the Chinese General Soso crossing the Yangtze River under the moon, bearing the same gold seal and by Hamano Noriyuki, is in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.124.