Caption

Crossguard tsuba by Takahashi Ietsugu fl. ca. 1830–1880. Rectangular-with-rounded-sides tsuba sumi iri mokkô gata with slight corner indentations and a slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi. Two-tone shield crossguard: obverse of shakudo, reverse of shibuichi. Decorated in high relief with inlay and engraving—obverse shows a blossoming cherry tree on the seashore and a distant mountain peak among clouds; reverse depicts two swimming ducks and cherry blossom petals falling onto the water. Signed Takahashi Ietsugu sei. 1st half of the 19th century Edo period, Japan. Tsuba; height 7 cm, width 6 cm, depth 0.5 cm., A flat, rounded rectangular object with a smooth dark brown surface sits against a light gray background, showing a narrow oval opening near its center and a few small gold-colored decorative accents and a gold-colored tiny sculpted shape on one side, along with some fine dark engraved lines and a small silver-colored accent near the gold shape.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_408

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Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Takahashi Ietsugu fl ca 1830–1880 Rectangular- -rounded-sides tsuba sumi iri mokkô gata slight corner indentations slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi Two-tone shield crossguard obverse shakudo reverse shibuichi Decorated high relief inlay engraving blossoming cherry tree seashore distant mountain peak clouds reverse depicts two swimming ducks cherry blossom petals falling water Signed Takahashi Ietsugu sei 1st half 19th century Edo period Japan Tsuba height 7 cm width 6 cm depth 0.5 cm flat rounded rectangular object smooth dark brown surface sits light gray background showing narrow oval opening near center small gold-colored decorative accents gold-colored tiny sculpted shape side fine dark engraved lines small silver-colored accent near gold shape.