Samurai and Castle

Edo period (1615-1868) 

By Kawamura Tsuneshige, signed Torin
Kawamura Tsuneshige, art name Torin, is listed in Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, p. 2125 (H 10905.0).

Of marugata form, with one kozuka hitsu ana, of shakudo migakiji, worked in shishiaibori with iro-e takazogan and hirazogan details, one side depicting a samurai on a horse accompanied by his attendant and a farmer who directs him towards the castle. The reverse with another attendant holding a banner behind a pine tree.

Dimensions: 7.8 cm (h)
Weight: 173.7 g

Provenance
From the private collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, New York. Alan Hartman (1930-2023) was an influential American art dealer, who took over his parents’ antique business in Manhattan and established the legendary Rare Art Gallery on Madison Avenue, with further locations in Dallas and Palm Beach. His wife Simone (née Horowitz) already served as assistant manager of the New York gallery before the couple were married in 1975, and together they built a renowned collection for over half a century and became noted art patrons, enriching the collections of important museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (which opened the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in 2013) as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York.