Omori Style Wave Fuchigashira (Signed Kashino Naonobu)

[Jake6500]

So I recently acquired a pretty high quality wave fuchigashira that I wanted to get the forums opinions on.

 

This one is papered and signed Seisendo Kashino Naonobu (Kao). I am interested in anything you can tell me about the artist or any other mei and kao examples you might be able to provide for this artisan to help me ascertain the authenticity of the signature. Whilst I believe the mei is likely authentic, I only have one other example at present to compare it to. The fact that it is certified certainly helps also.

 

I've only just won this piece in auction and it is still over in Japan so I can't take any new photographs at the moment. Picture from the original auction listing below:

 

 

Picture of a tsuba by the same artist in the Walters Art Museum:

 

https://art.thewalters.org/object/51.292/

 

Anything you could tell me about the artist, or any opinions about how this new piece in my collection compares in quality to other Mito and Omori wave fuchigashira would be greatly appreciated.

[Exclus1ve]

Hello, Jake!  
Naonobu was a disciple of Yoshinao OGURI (Naozuke HAMANO) and lived in Takada in Kashiwazaki, Echigo Province, and since Kashiwazaki of the Matsudaira family of Seishu Kuwana Domain was a territory, he became a master craftsman of the Matsudaira family and called Seisendo, and became a skilled craftsman of the Hamano school.

 

https://www.yamasiroya.com/tousougu/070/post_1.html

And kozuka: 

[Exclus1ve]

I think mei is correct. If we compare with the F/K set from the example above, the mei is different, but I think this is due to the fact that the work was done at different times, the mei could have changed a little.

[Jake6500]

6 hours ago, Exclus1ve said:

Hello, Jake!  
Naonobu was a disciple of Yoshinao OGURI (Naozuke HAMANO) and lived in Takada in Kashiwazaki, Echigo Province, and since Kashiwazaki of the Matsudaira family of Seishu Kuwana Domain was a territory, he became a master craftsman of the Matsudaira family and called Seisendo, and became a skilled craftsman of the Hamano school.

 

https://www.yamasiroya.com/tousougu/070/post_1.html

And kozuka: 

 

Thanks Viktor for the solid examples and the extra information!

 

I did find another source that aligns with what you have said here, namely that this artist resided in Echigo province but a lot of this information is new to me including the connection to the Hamano school and the Matsudaira family! I do think the Shoki tsuba above shares some features with the Hamano style so in hindsight the connection makes sense.

 

I think the mei in your examples are also a pretty close match which is also reassuring. The very minor differences as you've said can likely be attributed to the work having been produced at an earlier or later stage in the artisans career. The tsuba and fuchigashira you've posted here are both beautiful pieces! I'm not as keen on the kozuka, mostly I think because of the material but the craftmanship is still great. It seems Seisendo was big on the wave motif!

 

Here is one more example I had found earlier when researching but forgot to post:

 

 

Thanks again for the information!