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Gotō Dragon Menuki

​GOTŌ 後藤
DRAGON MENUKI
Momoyama 桃山 Period
circa 1573 to 1603

Certification: NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon


Unsigned early mainline Gotō Family menuki, dating from the relatively short Momoyama period (1573 to 1603).

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A Momoyama Goto attribution includes the end of the Kō Gotō period, and generally refers to the fourth thru seventh mainline (Shirobei) Gotō masters. This includes Kojō (Mitsuiye, 1530-1620), Tokujō (1550-1631), Eijō (1577-1617), and Kenjō (1586-1663). These early Gotō masters seldom signed their work.


Classic solid gold hairyu type Gotō dragons.


NBTHK attribution to Momoyama Gotō.


Photos by Jack Edick




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