[Image1]Introduction of Kozuka from WakedōTitle: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō Ce
[Image2]Introduction of Kozuka from WakedōTitle: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō Ce
[Image3]Introduction of Kozuka from WakedōTitle: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō Ce
[Image4]Introduction of Kozuka from WakedōTitle: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō Ce

Introduction of Kozuka from Wakedō

Title: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka

Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō

Certification: N.B.T.H.K. Hozon Tousougu


Dimensions: Length 97.5mm, Width 14.5mm

Period: Last of Edo

School: Goto Ichijō school

Description
Nakagawa Isshō is a distinguished craftsman from the Goto Ichijō school. He was initially called Naojirō and later Gohei, born as the second son of Nakagawa Katsusuke in 1829 in Tsuyama, Mimasaka. The Nakagawa family has served the Matsudaira clan of Tsuyama for generations and he first studied under his father, taking the name Katsumi and becoming a clan craftsman. Later, on command, he went to Kyoto and became a disciple of Goto Ichijō. In 1851, he went to Edo with his master and was permitted to take the name Ikki in 1857. After Ichijō returned to Kyoto in 1862, he remained in Edo, serving the Tsuyama clan there, and changed his name to Isshō around this time. His work is similar to that of his master Ichijō. This piece is also of excellent quality, resembling Ichijō's work, and the short verse on the back is a poem by Ichijō.

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