Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Higo school; maker Tokishige. Round tsuba maru-gata with rectangular edge kaku mimi, sekigane copper. Decorated with negative openwork composition showing birds sitting on a rock. Japanese, Edo period 1603–1868, 18th century, diameter 7.4 cm, thickness 0.38 cm., A round metal object with a dark brown and rust-colored patina sits against a light gray background, featuring an oval central cutout and decorative cutouts around its edge that form the silhouettes of several birds perched on branches and a jagged rocky shape; there are traces of a lighter coppery color near the central opening and along some edges, and the surface shows uneven texture and mottled areas of darker brown and rusty orange.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_424

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (3.9Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Higo school maker Tokishige Round tsuba maru-gata rectangular edge kaku mimi sekigane copper Decorated negative openwork composition showing birds sitting rock Japanese Edo period 1603–1868 18th century diameter 7.4 cm thickness 0.38 cm round metal object dark brown rust-colored patina sits light gray background featuring oval central cutout decorative cutouts form silhouettes several birds perched branches jagged rocky shape traces lighter coppery color near central opening edges surface uneven texture mottled areas darker brown rusty orange.