Caption

Crossguard tsuba, sword crossguard, landscape motifs, tsubas, fishermen, Japanese art and culture, weapons, melee weapons, swords, katana, bridges, rocks, plants. Plastic decoration: obverse — fisherman sitting by the water against a landscape background; reverse — landscape. 19th century, Japan European copy. Tsuba, height 6.9 cm, width 6.3 cm, depth 0.4 cm., A dark metal, cloud-shaped object with an oval central opening and two rounded side openings rests against a neutral gray background, showing a surface adorned with small inlaid areas of gold and silver that form decorative accents; the metal has a matte, slightly worn dark brown to black patina, with raised and incised ornamental motifs including rounded forms, floral shapes, and curved lines, and a few brighter metallic highlights where the gold and silver are applied.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_025

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (4.9Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba sword crossguard landscape motifs tsubas fishermen Japanese art culture weapons melee weapons swords katana bridges rocks plants Plastic decoration obverse fisherman sitting water landscape background reverse landscape 19th century Japan European copy Tsuba height 6.9 cm width 6.3 cm depth 0.4 cm dark metal cloud-shaped object oval central opening two rounded side openings rests neutral gray background showing surface adorned small inlaid areas gold silver form decorative accents metal matte slightly worn dark brown black patina raised incised ornamental motifs rounded forms floral shapes curved lines brighter metallic highlights applied.