(This small knife handle is carved with a recreation of th...)
This small knife handle is carved with a recreation of the Muromachi period ink painting by Sesson, titled: Lu Dongbing, a Chinese hermit. The figure from Sesson's painting has been faithfully recreated, but the hermit's blushing face was added by Tsukada Shūkyō.
http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/sp/exhibition/past2017_n07.html
(A cast bronze shakudo-patinated horse with gilt eyes. Sig...)
A cast bronze shakudo-patinated horse with gilt eyes. Signed on the bronze base in chiselled characters "Shinyusai koku" (carved by Shinyusai) with a seal "Shukyo".
http://www.tazawaantiques.com/metalworks/bronze-horse.html
1906
(Decorated with two sprays of omodaka and stylised fungi i...)
Decorated with two sprays of omodaka and stylised fungi in iroe-takazogan reserved on a ground carved with hexagonal motifs, signed on the base with finely chiselled characters Shukyo saku with gold seal Shu, with tomobako signed, dated and sealed by the artist. 21.1cm (8¼in) high.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16023/lot/501/?category=list
1903
(Silver with touches of gold, height 34.7 cm.)
Silver with touches of gold, height 34.7 cm.
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/japanese-art-of-the-meiji-period/khalili-collection-japanese-art-of-the-meiji-period-pair-of-vases-mx94/
1910
秀鏡 塚田
Tsukada Shukyo was born on the 14th of September, 1848, in the Kanda district of Tokyo. He was the son of Yoshikuni Dohi, a fencing master. He was adopted in 1859 by the sword-fitting maker Hata Naokane (Chokkyo), who specialized in carving and from whom Shukyo took the second character of his name.
Shukyo Tsukada studied carving under Kansai Katsumi of the Nara school and later on studied painting with Shibata Zeshin from the age of fifteen.
At twenty became an assistant to Kano Natsuo, the most celebrated Japanese metal engraver artists of the 19th century, eventually gaining formal acceptance as a pupil of the great man.
At the age of 26, Tsukada carved an emperor's sword. In 1875, he received an order for gold cups from the Naimusho (Department of Domestic Affairs), and in 1886 Shukyo Tsukada did a craft demonstration in the presence of the Meiji Emperor.
As early as 1889, his master Natsuo considered him worthy of inclusion in the first rank alongside such names as Unno Shomin and Toyokawa Mitsunaga. He was named Teishitsu Gigeiin (Artist to the Imperial Household) in 1913, and served on the jury of Tokyo Chokokai (Tokyo Association of Carvers and Sculptors).
Shukyo Tsukada was a prolific exhibitor, participating in the third Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (National Industrial Expositions) and many other domestic shows, including those of the Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai (Japan Art Association), as well as exhibitions in Paris (1889 and 1900) and London (1910), where he won a gold medal.
(This small knife handle is carved with a recreation of th...)
(A cast bronze shakudo-patinated horse with gilt eyes. Sig...)
1906(Decorated with two sprays of omodaka and stylised fungi i...)
1903(Silver with touches of gold, height 34.7 cm.)
1910
