菊地序定

[Satsuma]

Does anyone have any information on this fittings maker? I put his full kanji name above. I believe he worked c. 1850 but I know nothing else about him.

 

Any information gladly welcomed....

 

Thank you

 

Fukushima

[John A Stuart]

I can find no artist that uses these kanji 菊地序定 Kikuchi Tsugusada. There is an Hayashi Fujiwara Tsugusada 林藤原継定. I thought maybe the kanji had been turned around and it may be Sadatsugu. Still no artist using those kanji. John

[Nobody]

AFAIK, 菊池序定 (Kikuchi Tsunesada) was a pupil of 菊池序克 (Kikuchi Tsunekatsu).

 

Here are some examples.

Ref. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_ ... ID=1799402

[John A Stuart]

That explains it, I read it as Tsugu. In Haynes it mentions him as a student of Kikuchi Tsunekatsu, as Koichi san said, as well as the first son of Tsunetomo. Kinzo Tsunesada 金蔵常定, Edo Kanda ju, died c. 1800-25, Kikuchi 菊地 Fujii 藤井 originally Shibuya 澁谷 John

[Satsuma]

Thank you both. However what school did he belong to or to put in another way, what lineage did he spring from?

 

Fukushima

[John A Stuart]

Tsunekatsu was a student of Inagawa Naokatsu, who was a student of Yanagawa Naomasa, who was a student of Yokoya Somin (I) and of the Yoshioka school. John

[Satsuma]

Thank you. You've just answered my question.

 

Fukushima