(Japan, Showa era, 1926 – 1989, circa 1955-1965 )
Bronze, 10 and 10.13 in. (25.2 and 25.8 cm) high
Signed 幸山, Kozan
Bronze, 10 and 10.13 in. (25.2 and 25.8 cm) high
Signed 幸山, Kozan
Tsuki Miru Kitsune or foxes looking at the moon.
Sakai Kozan was director of the Takaoka Chugei-sha, Takaoka metal ware, Toyama Prefecture. The workshop was originally founded by his ancestor Sakai-ya Riemon during the Keio era (1865-1868) of the late Edo Period. The workshop made cast bronze works, some were commission works on a monumental scale, such as a bronze incense burner at the Zenkoji Temple (Nagano Prefecture) and a bronze Buddha statue (28 meters in height and 80 tonnes in weight) at the Nagahama-Biwako Lake, Shiga Prefecture. The Sakai bronze manufacture is still active today.