Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Yoriie, ; engraved decoration depicting a naked woman bathing in a large tub and wiping her back with a towel; on its body, where the kôgai hitsu ana is usually located, there are two holes udenuki ana. . Images of women; sword crossguard; Japanese art; Japanese culture. Edo 1603–1868 period; weapon; melee weapon; katana; woman iconography; nudity; swords; round tsuba maru gata; katahitsu ana; rounded edge maru mimi. 18th century Edo period, Japan; tsuba; diameter 7.7 cm; thickness 0.3 cm., A round, flat metal object with a dark, weathered surface showing areas of lighter and darker gray and hints of brown; it has an elongated triangular cutout near the center and an irregular rounded cutout beside it, plus two small circular holes nearby; the surface shows scratches and shallow engraved lines forming simple linear designs, and a carved geometric shape near the lower left edge; the background is a pale, uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_050

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (3.9Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Yoriie engraved decoration depicting naked woman bathing large tub wiping back towel body kôgai hitsu ana usually located two holes udenuki ana Images women sword crossguard Japanese art Japanese culture Edo 1603–1868 period weapon melee weapon katana woman iconography nudity swords round tsuba maru gata katahitsu ana rounded edge maru mimi 18th century Edo period Japan diameter 7.7 cm thickness 0.3 cm flat metal object dark weathered surface showing areas lighter darker gray hints brown elongated triangular cutout near center irregular rounded cutout beside plus two small circular holes nearby surface scratches shallow engraved lines forming simple linear designs carved geometric shape near lower left edge background pale uniform light gray.