Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868, Japan. Oval tatemaru gata tsuba with an irregular edge and a surface textured to imitate rock, cut into openwork irregular elongated holes. Inlaid in high relief with a motif of a blooming rose bush, a snail, and flying bats. Signed in flat gold inlay: italic character ju naga. Dimensions: height 8.0 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 0.5 cm., A round dark brown metal object with an irregular textured surface and several rough holes, decorated with a few gold floral motifs and leaves near the top and right edge, two smooth dark gray oval insets near the center, a narrow vertical triangular opening in the middle, a small gold spiral shape near the lower left, and a few small dark gray raised details on the right side; visible colors include dark brown, gold, dark gray, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_347

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (4.7Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Edo period 18th century 1603–1868 Japan Oval tatemaru gata tsuba irregular edge surface textured imitate rock cut openwork irregular elongated holes Inlaid high relief motif blooming rose bush snail flying bats Signed flat gold inlay italic character ju naga Dimensions height 8.0 cm width 7.5 cm depth 0.5 cm round dark brown metal object irregular textured surface several rough holes decorated gold floral motifs leaves near top right edge two smooth dark gray oval insets near center narrow vertical triangular opening middle small gold spiral shape near lower left small dark gray raised details right side visible colors include dark brown gold dark gray gray.