Looking for Information about Sendai Kinko , Kodogu

[DKR]

Hello to everyone, 

 

Does someone have a serious source for information about Sendai Kinko / Kodogu ?

From time to time you find kodogu with a attribution to Sendai Kinko . 

I want to learn more about it.  

Books / websites with pictures will be great.

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

No, but good question! 

[kissakai]

I have 8 Sendai (or similar) tsuba of which 3 have been sold

Picked out 3, 2 signed and 1 I really like but not necessarily kinko

 

 

 

[kyushukairu]

‘Sendai Kinko’ can be used as a catchall for the Sendai-based Shibuya school (渋谷), Oguma school (小熊), and Kusakari school (草刈). Each of the lineages of these schools are discussed in Sesko’s Toso-Kinko Schools, though he doesn’t explain their style of workmanship. However, what is commonly encountered as ‘Sendai Kinko’ is the work of the Kusakari school who produced shakudo with an ishime surface, and gold hira-zogan (often with dragons, which is most likely a consequence of being retained by the Date clan)
 
There are two typical examples of Kusakari school work (shakudo, ishime-ji, kin-hira-zogan of dragons) here, though the blogger attributes them to Kusakari Kiyosada: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/ab0950d87da2e9430378685b177a12a5    

Here is a nice set of Kusakari school fuchigashira depicting bamboo blinds and hollyhock leaves, which is stated to be in reference to The Tale of Genji: https://www.choshuya.co.jp/senrigan-2/源氏物語葵の上図縁頭　銘　仙台住清定?lang=en

Higo-inspired fuchigashira with rain dragons, signed ‘Sendai ju Kiyosada’: https://sword-auction.com/ja/product/11808/af22138-縁頭：仙台住清定/

[GRC]

Hey Didier, 

I recently stumbled across this school's work as well.

Beautiful stuff 

Here's what I managed to pull together...

 

Kusakari School (草刈)

Sendai in Mutsu Province

Chōsaburō (長三郎), 1st gen., was considered to be the founder of the Kusakari school, but was not a initially a kinkō artist.

(The smith/s) became kinko smiths after the influence of Masamura Shichi´emon (正村七右衛門) a local silversmith from Sendai.

This was from a translation of info somewhere online... the second sentence just started with "Became" so I don't know who was specifically trained by that silversmith.

 

Here's some pics:

They also did a lot of fans:

 

[GRC]

At least, I'm assuming that was what you meant by "Sendai kinko"... 

[Toryu2020]

In his "Tsuba no Kantei to Kansho" Tsuneishi gives genealogies for the three schools and lists some fifty smiths working in this area with their dates, relative values and in some cases work styles. Japanese text only no illustrations...

 

-t