Excellent Large Iron Tsuba With Daruma Motif and lotus on the Ura. Signed Ippo + Kao
Late Edo Period
Ippō was one of the art names of Yoshida Shiei he was from the Gotō Ichijō School.
Attached entry from Haynes (who reads this name erroneously as Ichihō).
KANTEI-SHO (鑑定書) ‒ APPRAISAL
No 4016854
Daruma no zu tsuba (達磨図鐔) ‒ Tsuba depicting Bodhidharma
Mei: Ippō + kaō (⼀峯「花押」)
Nadekaku-gata, iron, hammered tsuchime finish, sukidashi-takabori relief, zōgan inlay, iroe
accents, folded-over uchikaeshi-mimi
According to the result of the Shinsa committee of our society, we judge this work as authentic
and rank it as Hozon Tōsōgu.
March 10, 2020
[Foundation] Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK (⽇本美術⼑劍保存協會)
