Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Tsunetada, craftsman; decorated with an openwork positive design of thirty-two concentrically arranged arrow shafts and feathers with fine engraved details; Bushu Musashi referenced one of the fifteen ancient Japanese provinces along the Tokaido route; today's Tokyo-fu, Saitama-ken and Kanagawa-ken. 19th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan; Kawagoe. Tsuba round maru-gata with rounded edge, maru-mimi. Height 7.2 cm; width 7.0 cm; depth 0.3 cm., A round metal object with a central elongated diamond-shaped opening and two rounded side openings, featuring a decorative radial pattern of textured, tapered bars around the center; the metal surface shows a mix of dark gray and brownish tones with areas of lighter metallic highlights and some subtle rust-colored spots, and the background is a pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_304

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (5.8Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Tsunetada craftsman decorated openwork positive design thirty-two concentrically arranged arrow shafts feathers fine engraved details Bushu Musashi referenced fifteen ancient Japanese provinces Tokaido route today's Tokyo-fu Saitama-ken Kanagawa-ken 19th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Kawagoe Tsuba round maru-gata rounded edge maru-mimi Height 7.2 cm width 7.0 cm depth 0.3 cm round metal object central elongated diamond-shaped opening two rounded side openings featuring decorative radial pattern textured tapered bars center metal surface mix dark gray brownish tones areas lighter metallic highlights subtle rust-colored spots background pale gray.