Bugyotsuji Posted June 16 Report Posted June 16 Recently a friend commented “This looks like work by Shōami Katsuyoshi.” At the time I thought it was an odd comment, but he does have a huge collection of valuable artefacts, so it was an interesting insight. 正阿弥勝義 Later I discovered during some background reading that Katsuyoshi was apprenticed to his father as a tōsōgu and Tsuba maker long before he became famous for his finely-detailed metalwork objects into the Meiji period. Here is the Wakizashi sized iron tsuba, kind of aorigata, with sakura, pine and ginkgo themes in silver and gold. Front Back 6 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 18 Author Report Posted June 18 Another friend says more likely Goto work… but he is surprised by the mix of seasons. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 18 Author Report Posted June 18 An artist more concerned with realism than traditional symbolism? Quote
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