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Could these menuki be from Ezo school?


Kurikata

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Hi Bruno,

 

Please find attached image of my Muromachi Ezo menuki and FYI here is the description I got with them:

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Mumei Ezo 蝦夷 menuki, Edaume no Zu 枝梅図 (Figure of Plum branch), Yamagane-ji 山銅地 (unrefined copper surface), 容彫地透 katachi-bori ji-sukashi (open work carved with the motif in full), 金色繪 Gold Iroe. They have Inyô 陰陽 (male-female) style posts. Inyou also translates to dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

I believe these menuki date to the late Muromachi to Azuchi-Momoyama period 室町時代後期 - 安土桃山時代,.

These floral menuki are very closely related in design and appearance to Ko Mino 古美濃 work, and since Ko Mino development is rooted to a considerable extent in Ezo 蝦夷, It is suggested these menuki would probably date a bit later, to sometime around the 1500s - 1560s.

At the end of the 1970s Mr. Tom Buttweiler wrote his very informative article on the Ezo fittings and to this day it is the most ever written on the subject. It was hailed by Sasano Masayuki as being a great study on Ezo.

The sizes are as follows. Hidari : 19.6mm x 45.3.mm x 4.3 mm. Migi : 19.1 mm x 46.5 mm x 4.3 mm.

Hakogaki by Kanzan Sato.

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Best  regards,

BaZZa.

 

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15 hours ago, Kurikata said:

.....they are fully copper ......

Bruno,

on my screen the colour of the MENUKI is more like brass, not copper.

Generally, I think it is difficult to judge MENUKI when they are hidden under the TSUKA-ITO. In your case I think I see hints that they might not be traditionally made, but the photos are not too good, and - as said above - an assessment is difficult.

Probably better photos (or betters eyes than mine) will prove that I am wrong.

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