Crawling Dragon Fuchi-Kashira

[andreYes]

I've gotten (as a present ) a very nice fuchi-kashira set.

As I understand, it is gold on shakudo. Especially I like the nanako ground: very fine and accurate work!

 

Unfortunately I know nearly nothing about kinko artists

 

I suppose that the inscription is:

水府住 玉川 美久 (Suifu ju Tamagawa Yoshihisa) +kao

 

I found five generations of this family in Haynes Index.

Besides, in the Joly's Shosankenshu there are three artists with the same name and different kao. The third one (#143) has a very similar kao.

 

Dear specialists, what is your opinion about the this set and about the author?

Is it a genuine work of Tamagawa Yoshihisa?

Which generation could it be?

Is it the Mito school?

[Bugyotsuji]

Well, this is one other area I know nothing about, but may I just say that if it really is what it looks like, then someone has given you a wonderful present!

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi Andey,I believe it's from the 4th generation.Ludolf

[andreYes]

Thank you, Ludolf!!!

Are all these mei belong to the 4th Tamagawa Yoshihisa, or just the last one?

By the way, from which book is this picture?

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi Andrey,I have forgotten from what book I had scanned the pic for my database,but according to the source all the 4 Mei are from the 4th generation guy.Ludolf

[Brian]

Wow...can I find someone to give me gifts like that too? :lol:

Very nice work! Well done Ludolf.

 

Brian

[andreYes]

Thank you again, Ludolf!

 

The gift is from my elder brother . He is living far away from me, in other country, and, unfortunately, we seldom see each other...

I was surprised, when I've got to know that he has a small collection of nihonto and tosogu :D

 

 

I'm a little confused with these generations :?

The 4th Tamagawa Yoshihisa lived in Edo (according to Haynes). The inscription tells that he was living in Sifu (in Hitachi province)...

Besides, I found on Walters Art Museum's site an iron tsuba and a kozuka with similar mei, which are attributed to Tamagawa Yoshihisa II (1779-1835).