Higo Kinko Taikan by Sato, Homma and Kashima

Higo Kinko Taikan by Sato, Homma and KashimaHigo Kinko Taikan by Sato, Homma and Kashima. Almost 500 pages filled with photos of work by artists from Higo. Mostly tsuba but there are also some fuchikashira and whole koshirae. Good quality black and white pictures, there are also few colour photos. Each item with short description in English and Japanese. There are around 100 additional pages with text in Japanese at the beginning of the book. Condition: there are signs of old age like foxing,

Kanoene is a year of the Iron Rat in zodiac calendar

Length: 109 cm

I simply love the effect that was achieved

Surface of the kozuka is decorated with Ishime-Ji (reassembles the surface of the stone)

Dragon menuki made of shakudo with gold inlay

Menuki attributed to Yokoya School with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu

This refers to plum blossom

Tsuba is signed "Nagamine" with Kao and fuchikashira is signed "Karaku Ju Nagamine" with Kao

"The Tradition od Edo Creativity - The Skill and Soul of Craftsman Give Birth to Japanese Beauty" published by Tokyo Metropolitan Edo Tokyo Museum

Tsuka nakago hole: 24 mm x 7 mm

Book is in Japanese with English index

Shakudo nanako fuchikashira decorated with landscape of Awaji island