Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Sunagawa, Masayoshi, / personal slogans / artist, Sunagawa, school author; Japanese; Edo period 1st half of the 19th century; iron tsuba, round tatemaru gata with one side hole katahitsu ana and massive rectangular edge kaku mimi. Openwork positive composition depicting a spreading pine tree with bamboo growing from its thick trunk, marked with a few leaves; seppa dai oval; kozuka hitsu ana woven into the decorative motif but clearly visible. Signed. Height 7.75 cm, width 7.4 cm, thickness 0.5 cm., A round metal object with a dark gray, weathered surface features an openwork design of stylized tree forms and cloud-like foliage; a central oval element with an open vertical slot and a rounded side opening sits over a textured trunk and branches, and the background shows a few layered cloud-tree shapes and curved limbs. The visible colors are dark gray, lighter gray, and pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_245

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Rights managed

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103.0Mb (4.9Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Sunagawa Masayoshi personal slogans artist school author Japanese Edo period 1st half 19th century iron tsuba round tatemaru gata side hole katahitsu ana massive rectangular edge kaku mimi Openwork positive composition depicting spreading pine tree bamboo growing thick trunk marked leaves seppa dai oval kozuka hitsu ana woven decorative motif visible Signed Height 7.75 cm width 7.4 cm thickness 0.5 cm round metal object dark gray weathered surface features openwork design stylized tree forms cloud- foliage central oval element open vertical slot rounded side opening sits textured trunk branches background layered cloud-tree shapes curved limbs visible colors lighter gray pale gray.