Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Suiyôdô, Toshimasa, Japanese, Edo period 1st half of the 19th century. Tsuba in the shape of a rectangle with rounded sides nadegaku gata, katahitsu ana; copper sekigane fillings. Decorated on both sides with high-relief decoration inlaid with multicolored metals, depicting on the obverse a rooster by a fence overgrown with bindweed and a chicken in the grass among flowers; on the reverse a hen with two chicks. Materials: metals multicolored inlay, copper sekigane. Dimensions: height 6.6 cm, width 5.8 cm, depth 0.3 cm. Subjects/iconography: plants, flowers, animals, birds, hens, roosters, chicks, chrysanthemums, morning glory, wolfberries., A dark, oval metal plate with a smooth, slightly textured surface and a central pair of irregular openings, featuring a decorative scene near the lower left with a black bird with detailed feather texture, a few small birds in gold and dark tones, stylized grass and plant elements in gold and dark green, and a vertical stem with gold flower heads; overall colors visible include dark brown, black, gold, dark green, and small areas of muted reddish-brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_245

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (4.1Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Suiyôdô Toshimasa Japanese Edo period 1st half 19th century Tsuba shape rectangle rounded sides nadegaku gata katahitsu ana copper sekigane fillings Decorated sides high-relief decoration inlaid multicolored metals depicting obverse rooster fence overgrown bindweed chicken grass flowers reverse hen two chicks Materials metals multicolored inlay copper sekigane Dimensions height 6.6 cm width 5.8 cm depth 0.3 cm Subjects iconography plants animals birds hens roosters chicks chrysanthemums morning glory wolfberries dark oval metal plate smooth slightly textured surface central pair irregular openings featuring decorative scene near lower left black bird detailed feather texture small birds gold dark tones stylized grass plant elements dark green vertical stem gold flower heads colors visible include brown black small areas muted reddish-brown.