Caption

Crossguard tsuba, sword crossguard with landscape motifs depicting fishermen, bridges, rocks, and 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 ornamental object with a rounded quatrefoil outline featuring a central elongated hole flanked by two irregular oval cutouts, showing a slightly raised border and a textured surface with worn areas; decorative elements include a stylized flowing form on one side and a few scattered metallic inlays in a bright yellow-gold color, while the main metal appears dark gray to brown with subtle lighter gray highlights against a smooth gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_026

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 depicting fishermen 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 ornamental object rounded quatrefoil outline featuring central elongated hole flanked two irregular oval cutouts showing slightly raised border textured surface worn areas decorative elements include stylized flowing form side scattered metallic inlays bright yellow-gold color main metal dark gray brown subtle lighter gray highlights smooth gray background.