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Crossguard tsuba, Sôten, school author, Kitagawa, Sôten, / personal slogans /, Japanese art, Japanese culture, Edo 1603-1868, sword crossguards, weapons, cold weapons, swords, katana, tsubas, bamboos, pines, animals, tigers zool., cranes iconographic, horses, sages, waves, round tsuba maru gata, brass edge shinchu fukurin, similarly edged side holes ryôhitsu ana. High relief decoration depicts Taoist immortal sages, animals - a tiger, a crane symbols of courage and longevity, plants - a pine tree, a bamboo, a tendril - and clouds., 18th century Edo period 1603-1868, Japan type of place / place of origin, Ômi Eshu type of place / province, tsuba, diameter 8 cm, thickness 0.4 cm, A round dark metallic object with gold and silver inlaid details depicting a landscape scene: a few human figures wearing robes in gold and muted colors positioned around the edge, a reclining animal with gold coloring near a cluster of bamboo-like leaves, a bird with silver wings near the top, stylized cloud and tree motifs with gold highlights, textured rocky ground and foliage in dark brown and gold, and an overall rim with a thin gold border.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A26_375

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103.0Mb (3.7Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Sôten school author Kitagawa personal slogans Japanese art Japanese culture Edo 1603-1868 sword crossguards weapons cold weapons swords katana tsubas bamboos pines animals tigers zool cranes iconographic horses sages waves round tsuba maru gata brass edge shinchu fukurin similarly edged side holes ryôhitsu ana High relief decoration depicts Taoist immortal sages animals - tiger crane symbols courage longevity plants - pine tree bamboo tendril - clouds 18th century Edo period 1603-1868 Japan type place origin Ômi Eshu type province tsuba diameter 8 cm thickness 0.4 cm round dark metallic object gold silver inlaid details depicting landscape scene human figures wearing robes muted colors positioned edge reclining animal gold coloring near cluster bamboo- leaves bird silver wings near top stylized cloud tree motifs gold highlights textured rocky ground foliage dark brown rim thin gold border.