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A Choshu Okada School Tsuba
Lot 244

A Choshu Okada School Tsuba

SIGNED CHOSHU HAJI JU NOBUSHIGE SAKU, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 812

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A Choshu Okada School Tsuba
Signed Choshu haji ju Nobushige saku, Edo Period (18th century)
The round iron plate is pierced with a design of a spray of flowering peony in rounded carving and well-rendered detail, the design on the face is repeated on the reverse
8.3cm. high

Walter Compton

Specialist note

From a dated example of his work we know that Okada Nobushige was 63 years of age in Kyoho 7 (1722). He was the son of Nobumasa, the third master of the Okada school. The finest of his guards show great care in their manufacture and he imparts a satin finish to them that is not seen again until the later 19th century.