YOSHIOKA BUZEN: A FINE YOSHIOKA SCHOOL SHAKUDO FUCHI AND KASHIRA DEPICTING WINGED DRAGONS IN A STORM

YOSHIOKA BUZEN: A FINE YOSHIOKA SCHOOL SHAKUDO FUCHI AND KASHIRA DEPICTING WINGED DRAGONS IN A STORMY SKY
By Yoshioka Buzen (1827-1893), signed Yoshioka Buzen
Japan, Yoshioka school, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Finely worked on a nanako ground with gold and shakudo takazogan with excellent kebori and katakiribori depicting two winged dragons, masterfully detailed with minuscule incisions on the wings, soaring amid dark reishi-shaped clouds. Signed YOSHIOKA BUZEN.
HEIGHT 3.9 cm
WEIGHT 29 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and a small dent to the fuchi.
With a fitted tomobako storage box including an old label giving the previous name of the artist, Shigesada, saying he took the name Buzen in 1864 and lived in Edo.
The artist is listed in the Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 1678 (H 08448.0).