Any clues on what this pic is depicting?

[shakudo]

Hi all,

Many thanks to Brian and admisters of this forum and all who participate with their experience and knowledge- much appreciated.

Found this on a tachi stand and perplexed on the graphic I have include?

Any back story- debating on entering auction?

[Bugyotsuji]

Yes, it looks like Kojima Takanori near Tsuyama writing a poem of loyalty to the Emperor who was being led into exile.

 

(Nice tachi stand!)

[Spartancrest]

Henri Joly's  "Legend in Japanese Art"  [1908] has this reference:  [much reduced due to its length] from page 96 onwards.

 

249.  GO DAIGO The ninty-sixth Emperor of Japan, who  tried  to  shake  the  domination  of  the  HOJO  family  of  shikken  of  Kamakura, but failed, and was exiled   by Hojo Takatoki, in 1332, to Chiburi, one of the Islands of Oki. After the happy campaign of Nitta Yoshisada   (q.v.), he came back to Kioto, in 1333, on the advice of Yoshitsuna. The  story of  Go Daigo's checkered reign is surrounded with romance. ----
On  the  road  to  the  Oki  islands,  several  attempts  were  made  to  rescue the  Emperor,  one  by  a  monk  RIOCHIYU  in  Kioto,  the  other  in  Bizen,  by  the daimio KOJIMA  TAKANORI,  who,  thwarted  in  his  attempt,  rode  in  advance  of the  escort,  and  with  his  sword  removed  the  bark  of  a  cherry  tree  upon the  trunk of  which  he  wrote  the  Chinese  allusion  :

Ten Kosen wo Munashu suru nakare,
Toki   ni    Hanrei   naki   ni   shinio  arazu. 
(O Heaven !  •  do not destroy Kosen, whilst Hanrei still lives.)

 

Joly also provides a tsuba image to match the story.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

There is a small iron statue of him outside the front door of the Tsuyama City Museum, made by Kudara, one of the local Edo Period cannon foundries.

[shakudo]

Hi Piers, thank you for dropping by- yes I think it is a nice stand- price probably will be too!

Dale, many thanks for the Jolly info, much appreciated- thought there had to be a story behind the image.

Thank you both for the info- wish me luck!

Cheers

[Bugyotsuji]

Good luck！

[Kurikata]

A kozuka of mine with the same topic.....

[Bazza]

A 'stab' in the dark - is this kozuka by Goto Ichijo??

 

BaZZa.

[Kurikata]

Barry, my personnel guess is that this kozuka is signed 楽々斎一壽  Rakurakusai IchiJu (Haynes H 01700.0) from the Ishiguro school but I bought it as signed by KazuToshi (I didn't find an artist with these kanji in Haynes). 

 

Should it be signed by Goto Ichijo the price I paid would have tripled !

 

Bruno