Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Ichiryû Hitotsuyanagi Tomoyoshi; Ichiryû school. Japanese iron tsuba, early 19th century Edo period, 1603–1868. Rectangular with rounded sides and corners nadegaku gata, slightly convex with rounded edge uchi kaeshi. Surface delicately textured and decorated with two diagonal medallions — one with an openwork background and a dragon in maru bori technique, the other with a dragon in intaglio relief shishiai bori; this dragon ring motif is ryu-no maru. Dragon eyes accented with gilding. Origin: Mito, Japan. Height 8.4 cm; width 7.9 cm; depth 0.5 cm., A round, flat metal object with a weathered, dark brown surface floats against a neutral gray background; it has a few oblong cutouts and a decorative openwork area featuring a carved floral or scroll-like motif, with areas of lighter brown and subtle reddish tones where the metal shows wear.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A21_049

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103.0Mb (1.8Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Ichiryû Hitotsuyanagi Tomoyoshi Ichiryû school Japanese iron tsuba early 19th century Edo period 1603–1868 Rectangular rounded sides corners nadegaku gata slightly convex rounded edge uchi kaeshi Surface delicately textured decorated two diagonal medallions openwork background dragon maru bori technique intaglio relief shishiai bori ring motif ryu-no maru Dragon eyes accented gilding Origin Mito Japan Height 8.4 cm width 7.9 cm depth 0.5 cm round flat metal object weathered dark brown surface floats neutral gray background oblong cutouts decorative openwork area featuring carved floral scroll- areas lighter brown subtle reddish tones metal wear.