A KIKUOKA SCHOOL KOZUKA

SIGNED KAKKENSHI KIKUOKA MITSUYUKI AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

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A KIKUOKA SCHOOL KOZUKA
Signed Kakkenshi Kikuoka Mitsuyuki and kao, late Edo period (late 18th Century)
The shakudo nanako plate depicting a lily and an ephemera in shakudo and copper takazogan, the details in gilt, encased in shakudo, with a wood box

拍品专文

Kikugawa Mitsuyuki studied under Yanagawa Naomitsu. Coming from a family of poets, he was also known as a master of haiku. His style of work is meticulous including the signatures. Unno Yoshimori once commented that it may have taken Mitsuyuki the whole day to engrave his signature.