Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Ichiryûsai Masamitsu; Shôami school. Oval tsuba tatemaru gata decorated in high relief with colored metals iro-e zôgan: on one side a stream winds among grasses and dandelions; on the other a buffalo and a she-buffalo graze in a flowery meadow. Japanese, Edo period, 1st half of the 19th century. Materials: metals with colored inlay. Function: sword crossguard. Dimensions: height 7.6 cm; width 7.6 cm; depth 0.4 cm., A round flat metal object with a dark brown, rusted surface floating against a light gray background, showing a few elongated oval cutouts and a central rectangular slot, and decorated on one side with a few small gold-colored floral or leaf-like accents.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_289

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Ichiryûsai Masamitsu Shôami school Oval tsuba tatemaru gata decorated high relief colored metals iro-e zôgan side stream winds grasses dandelions buffalo -buffalo graze flowery meadow Japanese Edo period 1st half 19th century Materials metals colored inlay Function sword crossguard Dimensions height 7.6 cm width 7.6 cm depth 0.4 cm round flat metal object dark brown rusted surface floating light gray background showing elongated oval cutouts central rectangular slot decorated small gold-colored floral leaf- accents.