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, Ômi Eshu province, tsuba, diameter 8 cm, thickness 0.4 cm, A round metal object with a raised rim, shown against a plain gray background, featuring a dark brown surface with gold and brass-colored decorative elements and accents; the object has a few irregularly shaped cutouts and a few raised relief figures and organic motifs in gold and brass tones on the brown field, with some lighter metallic highlights and subt...
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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, Ômi Eshu province, tsuba, diameter 8 cm, thickness 0.4 cm, A round metal object with a raised rim, shown against a plain gray background, featuring a dark brown surface with gold and brass-colored decorative elements and accents; the object has a few irregularly shaped cutouts and a few raised relief figures and organic motifs in gold and brass tones on the brown field, with some lighter metallic highlights and subtle shadows visible around the rim and beneath the object.

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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 Ômi Eshu province tsuba diameter 8 cm thickness 0.4 cm round metal object raised rim shown plain gray background featuring dark brown surface gold brass-colored decorative elements accents object irregularly shaped cutouts raised relief figures organic motifs brass tones brown field lighter metallic highlights subtle shadows visible rim beneath object.

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