Kozuka 8

製品番号 Product No.

KOZ: 008.

種類継手 Type fitting

小塚 Kozuka.

銘 MEI

銘：棟銘-安親  MEI placed on the Mune of the Kozuka. 安親 Yasu Chika. 1st + 2nd gen. (Extra info: the signatures of the first two generations are difficult to distinguish)

画像 Image

僧/モクレンの枝の下の乞食  Monk/beggar standing under a magnolia branch.

時代 Era

江戸時代中期 Middle Edo period.

日付 Date

 ca.1700-1720.

伝 School

土屋-伝  Tsuchiya-Den

長さLength.

97.7 mm

幅 Width.

14.3 mm

厚さThickness.

  5.0  mm

重さWeight

30 gr.

物質 Material

罰金刻印.   金と銀の象眼細工.    Fine engraved. Gold and silver inlayed.

技術 Technique 

四分一, 赤銅, 赤銅磨地.      Shibu-ichi, Shaku-dô,  Shakudô-migaki.

日本美術刀剣保存協会                NBTHK Certificate

n/a

他の 証明書                                       Other certificate

n/a

状態 Status

上工 Jōkō, Superior.

追加情報                               Additional Information

小塚 Kozuka is good candidate for 保存 Hozon, ore 特別保存刀剣 Tokubetsu Hozon, 審査 Sinsha.

歴史 History

Yasuchika’s first name was Yagohachi (弥五八) and he was born in Kanbun ten (寛文, 1671) as son of the Shōnai fief (庄内藩) samurai Tsuchiya Chūzaemon (土屋忠左衛門). He became a student of Shōami Chinkyū (正阿弥珍久). In Genroku ten (元禄, 1697), he learned from Nara Tatsumasa (奈良辰政). During the Shōtoku era (正徳, 1711-1716), he was employed by Matsudaira Daigaku no Kami Yorisada (松平大学頭頼貞, 1664-1744) who was the Daiymō of the Moriyama fief (守山藩) in Mitsu province. He left us many great masterworks and was later regarded with Nara Toshinaga (奈良利寿) and Sugiura Jōi (杉浦乗意) ad one of the Nara Sansaku (奈良三作), the “Three Great Nara Masters.”