RichardP Posted February 15, 2022 Report Posted February 15, 2022 https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_en_antique.html Gorgeousness and gorgeousity! Sure LOOKS like a pre-Meiji daimyo’s kake—to my ignorant eyes—but that seems like a heck of a claim to provenance… 4 1 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 17, 2022 Report Posted February 17, 2022 It only says Tokugawa period, from the Hisamatsu collection. Nothing about ‘Daimyō’…? The Hisamatsu Mon was the umebachi apparently: https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/久松氏 1 Quote
RichardP Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Posted February 18, 2022 Thanks for the distinction Piers (I read the attribution as being to Hisamatsu-Matsudaira nobility, but you’re quite right it just mentions “family”). Cheers! 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 It's an amazing piece, Richard, and could well have been for a Daimyo! This price does make the old eyes water, though. Quote
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