Silver kozuka carved with a bijin-ga motif, by Koreyasu. Edo period, 19th century

$700.00

Silver Kozuka carved in kebori (“hair carving”) with a ukiyo-e style half-length figure of a beautiful woman (possibly a courtesan) dressed in a splendid kimono and hair ornament (kanzashi).

Signed on the back: Koreyasu/Zetai + kaō (是休「花押」) – transcribed by Markus Sesko.

Size: 96.8 mm (H) x 14.9 mm (W).

Edo period, early 19th century.

I managed so far to find the only mention of Koreyasu at Japanese sword-mounts. A descriptive catalogue of the collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A., of Hollycombe, Liphook. Complied and illustrated by Henri L. Joly. London, 1910 [LIB-1439 in this collection], page 204:

2623. — F./v., nigurome, chased in relief and inlaid with Omori Hikoshichi (large faces). Signed : Koreyasu of Yedo. xix.

2624. — F.K., nigurome, chased and inlaid in relief with Omori Hikoshichi and the witch. Signed : Shinriusha Koreyasu.

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