Hozon papered Higo Fuchi Kashira and Hosono Masamori Fuchi Kashira

[Higo-san]

Dear all,

 

time to part with two excellent Fuchi Kashira sets. Again, a 5%-donation to the NMB is included in the prices. Shipping costs and PayPal fees extra.

 

Shipping costs (including insurance and tracking service) are:

 

Germany                        EUR 7.49

EU                                  EUR 17.99

USA and Canada           EUR 37.99

Rest of the World           EUR 46.99

 

1) Museum-grade Fuchi Kashira by one of the great Higo masters (NBTHK Hozon paper to "Higo") - SOLD (might seem expensive, but this is actually a bargain price and way less than what I paid for the set...)

 

This set is a Higo masterpiece that came from the Eckhard Kremers and formerly Ito Mitsuru collection. The fuchi is made of suaka which was wrapped in crane leather and finished with black urushi. This is rare and very typical for Higo tosogu. The kashira shows the famous yamamichi with waves design and is made from dark shibuichi. If you want to put together a high-class Higo koshirae, these are the fittings to go with! In my opinion, this set would go best together with a Hikozo tsuba. The whole set comes in custom-fitted Japanese box together with a NBTHK certificate and is highly collectible.

 

Dimensions of the fuchi: 4 cm x 2.3 cm x 0.85 cm (height)

 

2) An easy to overlook masterpiece Fuchi Kashira signed 政守 (Masamori) - SOLD

 

The second set shows fishermen at night. A very beautiful scene which was created by Hosono Masamori. I have no certificate but I do believe that the signature is genuine. The hira-zogan with highlights of gold and copper is typical for the work of Hosono Masamori.

 

Dimensions of the fuchi: 3.75 cm x 1.9 cm x 0.77 cm (height)

 

Enjoy!

 

Chris

[suketaka]

Wow, never heard about a wrapped crane leather piece!

 

Greetings

[Brian]

The top one is stunning, but that second F/K is awesome. Love the theme.

[Hawley]

PM send for the Higo Fuchi Kashira !

[Andi B.]

Wow, never heard about a wrapped crane leather piece!

 

Hi Michael,

the way of covering Higo fuchi with crane leg leather was e.g. mentioned at the 2018 Samurai Art Expo lecture (M. Radburn?)... So always worth a visit!

[suketaka]

Hello Andi,

 

don´t remember this lecture.

 

Maybe sleeping...

[Andi B.]

Guckst Du hier/ Have a look:

[suketaka]

don´t realise - think all the time it is copper...

[Higo-san]

Thanks for the kind comments, gentlemen! Both Fuchi Kashira are SOLD! BTW - the koshirae in Andi`s post is a so called Nobunaga Utsushi Koshirae (one of the very famous Higo koshirae designs like the Kasen Koshirae)