Caption

Sword hilt cap kashira, Melee weapon hilt cap decorated with two flowerpots: one with a dwarf pine tree, the other with a dwarf flowering plum tree; on the reverse a flowering tree seedling with wrapped roots. Japanese; 19th century late Edo–Meiji period. Materials/technique: metal kashira for katana. Dimensions: height 0.9 cm; width 3.7 cm; depth 2.0 cm., An oval metallic object sits on a gray surface, showing a dark brown interior and a darker outer band with a small decorative motif on one side featuring a few raised elements in gold and brass tones resembling floral or organic shapes; the object casts a subtle reflection on the surface and the overall colors visible are gray, dark brown, gold, and brass.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_469

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (409.1Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira Melee weapon cap decorated two flowerpots dwarf pine tree dwarf flowering plum tree reverse flowering tree seedling wrapped roots Japanese 19th century late Edo–Meiji period Materials technique metal kashira katana Dimensions height 0.9 cm width 3.7 cm depth 2.0 cm oval metallic object sits gray surface showing dark brown interior darker outer band small decorative motif side featuring raised elements gold brass tones resembling floral organic shapes object casts subtle reflection surface colors visible gray dark brown brass.