A GOTO SCHOOL MITOKOROMONO EARLY EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1650), ATTESTED TO GOTO TEIJO BY GOTO SHINJO This set of fittings is decorated with yuzu (citrus aurantium) fruits and pepper seeds ( sansho ). The fruits are in gold and the peppers in copper, gold, and shakudo , all set on a very fine grain nanako ground. The frames of the kogai and kozuka are gold with a 'cat scratched' ground. The menuki are solid gold and are en suite. The kogai and kozuka are attested on the back Mon Teijo and are signed Mitsuyoshi with kao below-- kogai : length 21.4cm., width 1.2cm., thickness 5.5mm.; kozuka : length 9.6cm., width 1.4cm., thickness 6.75mm.; menuki : length 3.5cm., thickness 5.75mm. Black lacquer box with paper with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated summer, 1975. Accompanied by an original origami written by Goto Shinjo and dated seventh day of the eleventh month, Bunsei 7 (1824), stating: Kin-iroe yuzu sansho mitokoromono. Menuki kin iroe nari, ura hokin sao shiyaji ushiro. Daikin san mai, go ryo. Goto Shirobei ; and a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 178, dated April 15th, 1971.
A GOTO SCHOOL MITOKOROMONO EARLY EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1650), ATTESTED TO GOTO TEIJO BY GOTO SHINJO This set of fittings is decorated with yuzu (citrus aurantium) fruits and pepper seeds ( sansho ). The fruits are in gold and the peppers in copper, gold, and shakudo , all set on a very fine grain nanako ground. The frames of the kogai and kozuka are gold with a 'cat scratched' ground. The menuki are solid gold and are en suite. The kogai and kozuka are attested on the back Mon Teijo and are signed Mitsuyoshi with kao below-- kogai : length 21.4cm., width 1.2cm., thickness 5.5mm.; kozuka : length 9.6cm., width 1.4cm., thickness 6.75mm.; menuki : length 3.5cm., thickness 5.75mm. Black lacquer box with paper with inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated summer, 1975. Accompanied by an original origami written by Goto Shinjo and dated seventh day of the eleventh month, Bunsei 7 (1824), stating: Kin-iroe yuzu sansho mitokoromono. Menuki kin iroe nari, ura hokin sao shiyaji ushiro. Daikin san mai, go ryo. Goto Shirobei ; and a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 178, dated April 15th, 1971.
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