Kikuoka Mitsushige Menuki
DM008
A wonderful set of red copper piebald horse menuki with shakudo spots, by Kikuoka Mitsushige. Signed with silver plates in the interior.1.1 cm / 3 cm x1.4 cm
3.4 cm x 1.4 cm
Active during the late Edo Period, he is celebrated for creating highly intricate, expressive, and lively menuki. A student of Yanagawa Naomitsu, he became the third master of the Kikuoka school at the age iof 38, after the death of Mitsutomo.
The Kikuoka school was founded by Mitsuyuki His grandfather was named To’emon Fusayuki and originally hailed from Iga province before moving to Edo sometime in the Genroku era (1688-1704). He took the Poet name of Senyro establishing the first generation of this name that his grandson, Mitsuyuki, would later assume as the third generation. Mitsuyuki died in October of 1800 at the age of 51.
Ref. Wakayama, Nihon Toso Kinko Daijiten, Vol I, pages 76-77. Haynes, Nihon Toso Kinko Daijiten Vol. 2, H.05401.0 Boxed. $650
Nihon Toso Kinko Daijiten, Vol I, pages 76-77.
Nihon Toso Kinko Daijiten Vol. 2, H.05401.0