Caption

Sword hilt ferrule kashira, Nara; maker: Toshinaga 1667–1736. Katana hilt component with gilded applied decoration depicting wild geese among clouds and reeds. Engraved signature. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan. Materials: plastic decoration; dimensions: height 3.1 cm, width 1.7 cm, depth 0.6 cm., A small oval object centered on a uniform gray background, the object has a dark outer rim and a textured dark interior with shiny irregular spots, flanked on either side by narrow metallic bands in a gold color, and the overall palette includes gray, black, dark brown, and gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_307

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (443.3Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt ferrule kashira Nara maker Toshinaga 1667–1736 Katana hilt component gilded applied decoration depicting wild geese clouds reeds Engraved signature 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Materials plastic decoration dimensions height 3.1 cm width 1.7 cm depth 0.6 cm small oval object centered uniform gray background dark outer rim textured dark interior shiny irregular spots flanked side narrow metallic bands gold color palette includes gray black dark brown gold.