Katakiri Kozuka Kantei

[Ford Hallam]

A little something to start the new year and perhaps dust out the festive cobwebs.

 

The school association ought to be pretty obvious but who, exactly, did this chiselling?

 

Double click to see larger images.

 

 

I'll post the mei tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

[Tanto54]

Dear Ford,

 

It's made in the style of Yokoya Soyo II, but I believe that it's a copy (or it was done by Somin, his master, who was not as good at katakiribori as Soyo II - a controversial opinion I know...).

 

P.S. Thanks for the two fun challenges in the last few days!!!

[Brian]

Lacking any seriously educated opinion, I am going with what he said     ^^^

[Ford Hallam]

no other takers...? 

 

well the style/genre of carving is certainly that developed by the Yokoya school under Somin I ( 2nd Yokoya master), the actual painting style the katakiri work was based on was that of the artist Hanabusa Itcho, a close friend and teacher of Somin.

 

But this piece is in fact the work of a Yokoya student, Furukawa Genchin. He studied under Somin and adopted his style, albeit with a touch of his own style in there. The Furukawa school that followed from him included his son, grandson and a number of of others. 

I suppose the lesson learned might be that while this classic style of kata-kiri derives from the Yokoya it's worth remembering that after Genchin there was at least on other school well versed in the style.