Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th
Lot 152:
Signed Set of 18th C. Japanese Sword FUCHI-KASHIRA Mounts by NARA MASANAGA. Shakudo with extensive gold and silver floral motives. Fuchi signed Nara (Shozui), which is a Chinese reading for Masanaga. There were two generations of Nara Masanaga. The first 1725 – 1750 a student of Nara Toshinaga. The second, the adopted son of the first Masanaga, was the nephew, and student of Isando Joi. He worked around 1750. Ref. Haynes. The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, H 04250.0 & H.04251.0. Wakayama, Toso Todogu Meiji Taisei Vol. 1, pages 135 & 136. The first generation had many students. The second generation, several signatures.
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