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An Akasaka School Tsuba
Lot 240

An Akasaka School Tsuba

SIGNED TADASHIGE SAKU, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 875

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An Akasaka School Tsuba
Signed Tadashige saku, Edo Period (late 18th-early 19th century)
The oval iron plate has a flowerhead rim which encloses a pierced design of fans, birds, ginger flowers, and tea whisks, the surface of both sides is decorated details carved in fine lines
7.8cm. high

Walter Compton

Specialist note

Akasaka Tadashige (1730-1816) was a student of Akasaka Tadamune (Tadatoki I, 1707-circa 1750). This example is closer to the later Owari school than it is to the Akasaka.