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Two Late Heianjo Tsuba by Heianjo Kijin, Edo period (c. 1700)
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Description
- 8.8 and 7.4 by 7.2cm., 3 7/16 and 2 15/16 by 2 7/8 in.
one of circular form, the thick plate carved and pierced with a large ho-o bird, details inlaid in Heianjo-zogan, within a karakusa-decorated rim, signed Heianjo ju Kijin saku; the Second of oval form, with pine and maple trees in low relief within a shakudo mimi, signed So Kiyo tetsu Kijin tsukuru
Catalogue Note
The first with tomobako bearing a hakogaki by Dr Kazutaro Torigoe
Kijin worked in Yamashiro in the early 18th century, producing work, as here, in the Kyo-Shoami manner