明治時代 二十世紀早期 銀錯金龜紋長頸瓶 塚田秀鏡

Tsukada Shukyo had been schooled in painting by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) and in metalwork by Kano Natsuo (1828-1898). His art name Shinyusai is composed of the character 'Shin' from Zeshin, and 'yu' from Natsuo as tribute to his great teachers. Shukyo gave a demonstration of his metal carving techniques to the Emperor Meiji and was appointed as an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsugigeiin) in 1913.