Single menuki

[miura_anjin]

Hi I recently got this small menuki of a water dragon. No sign of its twin but I couldn't resist it.

Comments welcome, and if anyone could help with with its age/school I'd be most grateful.

 

Many thanks,

 

Andy

 

http://imageshack.us/f/855/menuki.jpg/

[Soshin]

Dear Andy,

 

Nice menuki too bad its matching partner is missing. The detail wonderful and the back side also looks good as well. The color of the shakudo looks very nice. It could be the work of the Kyo Kinko group. Try to upload higher resolution photos to the NMB site and your link often try to push me to other website with ads.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[miura_anjin]

Dear Andy,

 

Nice menuki too bad its matching partner is missing. The detail wonderful and the back side also looks good as well. The color of the shakudo looks very nice. It could be the work of the Kyo Kinko group. Try to upload higher resolution photos to the NMB site and your link often try to push me to other website with ads.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

 

Thankyou David,

I've just come back to the UK for Christmas so I can't post new photos now but I'll do so when I return to Japan next month.

 

Best regards,

 

Andy

[miura_anjin]

Hi sorry for taking so long, here are the pics as promised

 

Andy

 

 

 

[nagamaki - Franco]

guess;

Mito, late Edo

[miura_anjin]

guess;

Mito, late Edo

 

Thank you very much Franco! ^^

I'm even more clueless about tosogu than I am about nihonto

 

Thanks again,

 

Andy