| The metalworker Miyata Nobukiyo was a student of Gotō Mitsuaki (Hōjō), the 16th head of the main Gotō family. He was born in Kyoto in 1817 (Bunka 14), and in 1833, at the age of fifteen, became the adopted son of the Miyata family, hereditary priests of Kamo Shrine. At sixteen he entered the school of Gotō Mitsuyasu, and at nineteen became a student of Gotō Mitsuaki. At the age of twenty-five he left his teacher’s household and established himself independently in Nihonbashi, Edo. Later he became an official metalworker for the Nanbu family. He died in 1884 at the age of sixty-eight. Miyata Nobuhisa was his eldest son.His workmanship is refined and dignified, following the classical Gotō tradition.This fuchi-kashira is made of shakudō ground carved to imitate wickerwork (ajiro), decorated with a single chrysanthemum branch in inlay and finished with gold iroe decoration. The work displays Nobukiyo’s refined craftsmanship and elegant taste.The piece is accompanied by a box inscription by Kamiya Monyō, a well-known researcher and connoisseur of sword fittings, dated June 1963 (Mizunoto-U, Minazuki).Passed the 2011 Hozon Tosogu shinsa. |
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