Crossguard tsuba, Senryûsai, Yasumitsu, / personal slogans / craftsman, Ichiryû, school, Hanabusa Itchô 1652–1724 painter painting design. Tsuba in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners nadegaku gata and an edge slightly raised above the surface of the shield uchi kaeshi. Decorated in low relief with figures of two immortals, Jittoku and Kanzan, reading a scroll; on the reverse a landscape motif with a golden sun disc emerging from behind the clouds. Details and ornament of the characters' costumes made with gold inlay using the nunome technique. Edo period 1801–1830, Japan, Mito. Tsuba; height 8.7 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 0.4 cm., An oval dark brown metal object with three irregular oval cutouts near the center and a decorative scene along the right edge showing a stylized humanlike figure and an animallike face rendered in gray tones with accents of bright gold; the right-edge decoration includes patterned gold areas and swirling gold details against the dark brown background...
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Crossguard tsuba, Senryûsai, Yasumitsu, / personal slogans / craftsman, Ichiryû, school, Hanabusa Itchô 1652–1724 painter painting design. Tsuba in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners nadegaku gata and an edge slightly raised above the surface of the shield uchi kaeshi. Decorated in low relief with figures of two immortals, Jittoku and Kanzan, reading a scroll; on the reverse a landscape motif with a golden sun disc emerging from behind the clouds. Details and ornament of the characters' costumes made with gold inlay using the nunome technique. Edo period 1801–1830, Japan, Mito. Tsuba; height 8.7 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 0.4 cm., An oval dark brown metal object with three irregular oval cutouts near the center and a decorative scene along the right edge showing a stylized humanlike figure and an animallike face rendered in gray tones with accents of bright gold; the right-edge decoration includes patterned gold areas and swirling gold details against the dark brown background, and the surface shows subtle variations in brown with a slightly worn texture.

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Crossguard tsuba Senryûsai Yasumitsu personal slogans craftsman Ichiryû school Hanabusa Itchô 1652–1724 painter painting design Tsuba shape rectangle rounded corners nadegaku gata edge slightly raised surface shield uchi kaeshi Decorated low relief figures two immortals Jittoku Kanzan reading scroll reverse landscape motif golden sun disc emerging clouds Details ornament characters costumes gold inlay using nunome technique Edo period 1801–1830 Japan Mito height 8.7 cm width 8.0 cm depth 0.4 cm oval dark brown metal object three irregular oval cutouts near center decorative scene right edge showing stylized humanlike figure animallike face rendered gray tones accents bright gold right-edge decoration includes patterned gold areas swirling details brown background subtle variations slightly worn texture.

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