Goto School
A shakudo kogai and associated kozuka
Goto School, 17th century
Each bearing a nanako ground, carved in takabori and inlaid in gold and silver takazogan with snow-covered bamboo and kaki-tree, the kogai signed Goto Taijo with kao. (2).
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二所物（小柄・笄）　雪戴笹　銘「後藤泰乘（花押）」　17世紀

Provenance: Clement Milward collection, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1967.

Goto Taijo (1631-1701) was the fifth son of Goto Sokujo and founder of the Jizaemon Goto sideline: see Haynes, Index, no.H 09247.