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Ryushido old possessions
Kano-Natsuo-taikan Listed
Enbo-shiraho-zu-Kozuka
Kinin-mei Natsuo
加納夏雄大鑑所載
遠望白帆図小柄
金印銘　なつを
（加納夏雄）

Item NO.	NO.C01144	Price	Reference item
Condition	Oborogin-migakiji(朧銀磨地),Takabori-kin-gin-iroe(高彫金銀色絵),Kebori(毛彫),Tojiri-kin(戸尻金)
Paper	NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper
Period	Meiji-period
Accessories	Kiri-bako(Ikeda-Takao-sign）（桐箱（池田隆雄箱書）・Sotobako（Ryushido-mark）（外箱（龍獅堂印有））・Kano-Natsuo-Taikan-Copy(加納夏雄大鑑コピー)
Details	Natsuo Kano was born in Kyoto in the 11th year of the Bunsei era, and was adopted by swordsman Jisuke Kano at a young age. At the age of 12, he entered and studied under the metalworker Shohachi Okumura. At the age of 14, he learned metalwork from Takatoshi Ikeda of the Otsuki school, and took the name Juro, which he later changed to Natsuo. In the Meiji era, he was entrusted by the government with creating prototypes for the minting of new coins, and in 1888 he became a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, and in the same year was selected as an Imperial Artist. This work is included in the Kano Natsuo Taikan and depicts a boat with sails inlaid in silver on a polished piece of ground. I was amazed by Natsuo's compositional ability, which depicts two sailboats floating on water using just metal and a small amount of inlay. This is a former item in Ryushido's collection, and there is an inscription on the box written by his disciple, Takao Ikeda. Published in Kano Natsuo Taikan. 加納夏雄は、文政11年、京都に生まれ、幼くして刀剣商加納治助の養子となり、12歳で金工、奥村庄八のもとに入門し勉強した。14歳の時に大月派の池田孝寿について金工技を学び、寿朗と銘し、後に夏雄と改めた。明治に入ると新貨幣鋳造の原型制作を政府より託され、これにあたり、明治23年には東京美術学校の教授となり、同年に帝室技芸員に選ばれた。本作は、加納夏雄大鑑所載で四分一磨地に帆かけ舟を銀象嵌で表わす。地金と僅かな象嵌だけ二艘の帆かけ舟が浮かぶ水上を表現した夏雄の構成力におどろかされる。龍獅堂旧蔵品で弟子である池田隆雄の箱書きがある。加納夏雄大鑑所載。