Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Kasuga school; maker: Kunihide. Tsuba in the shape of an eight-petaled flower hachi mokkô; both hitsu cut into an identical multi-petaled shape. The central part is enclosed by a fairly wide, recessed circle stained with dark red lacquer, with openwork heart-shaped cutouts inome type at the edge between the petals, emphasized by delicate gold inlay. The surface of the guard is partly of the mokume tetsu type imitation of wood grain. 17th century Edo period, 1603–1868. Japan, Higo province. Tsuba; diameter 8 cm, thickness 0.25 cm., A round, scalloped metal object with a central open area and carved interior shapes sits against a neutral gray background; the metal surface is dark brown to near-black with visible textured grain and a slightly reddish-brown inner ring, and there are a few small heart-shaped cutouts around the outer edge highlighted with a bright gold color.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_452

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Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Kasuga school maker Kunihide Tsuba shape eight-petaled flower hachi mokkô hitsu cut identical multi-petaled shape central part enclosed fairly wide recessed circle stained dark red lacquer openwork heart-shaped cutouts inome type edge petals emphasized delicate gold inlay surface guard partly mokume tetsu type imitation wood grain 17th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Higo province diameter 8 cm thickness 0.25 cm round scalloped metal object central open area carved interior shapes sits neutral gray background metal surface dark brown near-black visible textured grain slightly reddish-brown inner ring small heart-shaped cutouts outer highlighted bright gold color.