Issho Nakagawa Katsuyoshi (kao) - GINZA SEIKODO JAPANESE ART, SWORDS, & TSUBA SINCE MEIJI PERIOD

PRODUCT Issho Nakagawa Katsuyoshi (kao)
1866
Crane and turtle motif

NBTHK Hozon Certificate: Issho Nakagawa Katsuyoshi (kao)
1866
Crane and turtle motif

Issho Nakagawa Katsuyoshi (kao) 1866 Crane and turtle motif PRICE JP￥ 1,450,000-: NBTHK Hozon Certificate

Nakagawa Issho was the second son of Nakagawa Katsutsugu who worked in service of the Matsudaira family, lords of the Tsuyama clan in the Mimasaka region. Also known as Naojiro, he traveled to Kyoto at the age of 21 to apprentice under Goto Ichijo. Judging by dated works, he received the character "Ichi" from is master at the age of 25 and assumed the name Issho. He returned to Tsuyama in the late 1850s, however with his younger brother taking over the Nakagawa family, Issho decided to move to Edo in 1860. Two years later, he modified a character in his name (pronounced the same).
Judging by the inscription, this work was made at the foothills of Toei. The Tsuba is a day and night representation with the front done in Shibuichi, and the reverse in iron. A crane and turtle are depicted in Takabori with a remarkable attention to detail characteristic of the Ichijo school and well attests to the skill of Issho.

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