Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Japanese, Edo period 17th–18th century. Iron lined with multiple-folded impregnated canvas and covered with matte black lacquer; decorated with colored lacquer reliefs. Tsuba in the shape of an aoi with heart-shaped cutouts between the petals inome — boar's eye, with a kozuka hitsu ana hole. Obverse: relief motif of maple leaves — one red, the other white; reverse: delicately engraved plant twig. Unsigned. Function: sword crossguard katana tsuba. Dimensions: height 8.4 cm, width 8.2 cm, depth 0.5 cm., A roughly symmetrical dark object with an irregular, curving outline and two elongated central cutouts, showing a worn surface texture and edges with exposed lighter material; the surface has subtle carved or incised flowing line motifs and areas of scuffing; visible colors include black, dark brown, lighter brown at the edges, and faint gray highlights against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_261

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103.0Mb (4.2Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Japanese Edo period 17th–18th century Iron lined multiple-folded impregnated canvas covered matte black lacquer decorated colored lacquer reliefs Tsuba shape aoi heart-shaped cutouts petals inome boar's eye kozuka hitsu ana hole Obverse relief motif maple leaves red white reverse delicately engraved plant twig Unsigned Function sword crossguard katana tsuba Dimensions height 8.4 cm width 8.2 cm depth 0.5 cm roughly symmetrical dark object irregular curving outline two elongated central cutouts showing worn surface texture edges exposed lighter material surface subtle carved incised flowing line motifs areas scuffing visible colors include black dark brown lighter brown faint gray highlights neutral gray background.