Caption

Sword hilt cap kashira, Kita, Takenori, / personal slogans / metalwork, Mito, school, moon iconography, flowers, lotuses, katana, hilts, Japanese art, Japanese culture, melee weapons, oriental weapons, Edo 1603-1868, Meiji 1868-1912, weapons, swords, 2nd half 19th century Edo period 1603-1868 / Meiji period 1868-1912, Japan type of place / place of origin, kashira, height 3.3 cm, width 1.6 cm, depth 0.5 cm, A close-up of a narrow dark object with a smooth curved surface set against a muted gray background, showing a rounded rectangular opening edged in metallic gold on its front face and a small decorative element resembling a star or flower in gold and copper tones near one end; the object surface appears black with subtle highlights and slight wear, and there are small areas of metallic sheen in gold and copper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_343

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (316.6Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira Kita Takenori personal slogans metalwork Mito school moon iconography flowers lotuses katana hilts Japanese art Japanese culture melee weapons oriental weapons Edo 1603-1868 Meiji 1868-1912 weapons swords 2nd half 19th century Edo period 1603-1868 Meiji period 1868-1912 Japan type place origin kashira height 3.3 cm width 1.6 cm depth 0.5 cm close-up narrow dark object smooth curved surface set muted gray background showing rounded rectangular opening edged metallic gold front face small decorative element resembling star flower gold copper tones near object surface black subtle highlights slight wear small areas metallic sheen copper.