Caption

Crossguard tsuba, sword crossguard of maru gata round tsuba mon-sukashi type, decorated with eight openwork coats of arms monami arranged around the edge against a background of a brass-inlaid stylized vine karakusa. Function: weapon edged weapon for katana. Japanese, Edo period 1603–1868, 17th century. Materials: tsuba, diameter 8 cm, thickness 0.3 cm., A round metal disc with a dark brown surface decorated with several gold floral motifs arranged around its edge and connected by gold branch-like lines, featuring a few cut-out openings near the center including an elongated oval and a rectangular slit, all set against a plain light gray background; visible colors include dark brown, gold, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_352

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71.5Mb (1.6Mb) / 16.7in x 16.7in / 5000 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba sword crossguard maru gata round tsuba mon-sukashi type decorated eight openwork coats arms monami arranged edge background brass-inlaid stylized vine karakusa Function weapon edged katana Japanese Edo period 1603–1868 17th century Materials diameter 8 cm thickness 0.3 cm round metal disc dark brown surface decorated several gold floral motifs arranged connected gold branch- lines featuring cut- openings near center elongated oval rectangular slit set plain light gray background visible colors include dark brown gold light gray.