Split Tanzaku signature: Kikuoka Mitsutoshi - GINZA SEIKODO JAPANESE ART, SWORDS, & TSUBA SINCE MEIJI PERIOD

PRODUCT Split Tanzaku signature: Kikuoka Mitsutoshi
Shishi lion and peony motif

NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate: Split Tanzaku signature: Kikuoka Mitsutoshi
Shishi lion and peony motif

Split Tanzaku signature: Kikuoka Mitsutoshi Shishi lion and peony motif PRICE JP￥550,000-: NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate

Kikuoka Mitsutoshi was a student of Yanagawa Naomitsu from the Yokoya line, and the younger brother of Mitsuyuki who established the Kikuoka School. He had the given name Saheiji and used a variation of the characters for Mitsutoshi in his youth. Artistic names included Nansensai and Senyu . A skilled poet, Mitsutoshi lived in the current Kanda district of Tokyo and passed away in 1863.
This work depicts a Shishi lion remarkably carved in gold, and well illustrates the Machibori lineage from the Yokoya, Yanagawa, and Kikuoka schools.