Caption

Sword hilt cap kashira, Japanese, Edo–Meiji period 19th century. 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. Materials/technique unspecified. Function: kashira katana hilt cap. Dimensions: height 0.9 cm, width 3.7 cm, depth 2.0 cm., A dark brown horizontal band with a decorative motif sits against a uniform gray background; the motif includes a small plant in a pot rendered with black and gold accents and a separate gold-colored container, and there are touches of gold and black forming stylized leaves and branches across the band.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_471

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (348.6Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira Japanese Edo–Meiji period 19th century Melee weapon cap decorated two flowerpots dwarf pine tree dwarf flowering plum tree reverse flowering tree seedling wrapped roots Materials technique unspecified Function kashira katana cap Dimensions height 0.9 cm width 3.7 cm depth 2.0 cm dark brown horizontal band decorative motif sits uniform gray background motif includes small plant pot rendered black gold accents separate gold-colored container touches gold black forming stylized leaves branches across band.