Solid Silver Goto School Pheasants Menuki with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu

Solid Silver Goto School Pheasants Menuki with NBTHK Hozon TosoguPheasants menuki attributed to mainline Goto School with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu. It is rare to see solid silver menuki and even more so ones made by mainline Goto School. However here we have a set just like that. Made in late edo period. Size: Front: 25 mm x 18 mm Back: 26 mm x 17 mm

Koiguchi hole: 33 mm x 13 mm

It puts together lucky elements like pine tree

Made of suaka with gold and shakudo inlay

magical beings and holy spirits

I had this kozuka for years in my private collection but because there is no signature I never shipped it for Shinsa

Fuchi: 38 mm x 21 mm

Kashira: 34 mm x 18 mm x 10 mm

Shakudo menuki with prying bird and tree branches

On the other hand waves are cut so gently that they only appear when kozuka is moved in hand and light brakes on them

Made in early edo period

Based on the  examination of this piece I would say It was made by one of the last generations

There is also a shakudo ring on the bottom and top of fuchi and on the bottom oh kashira