Caption

Crossguard tsuba, Kaneie craftsman, geese, sword crossguards, mokkô. Tsuba for a tachi sword. Quatrefoil shape mokkô gata with a slightly raised edge of the uchi kaeshi or ryôhitsu ana type. Decorated on the obverse with wild geese flying over a water's edge overgrown with reeds; on the reverse, sails of three boats at the top and fishing nets drying on the shore below. Gold-inlaid details. Signed. Early 19th century Edo period, 1603–1868. Fushimi, Yamashiro, Japan. Tsuba; height 10.9 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 0.45 cm., A roughly square metal object with rounded lobed edges in dark gray and brown tones, showing a textured, weathered surface; three rounded cutouts near the center and a narrow central cutout create openings; a few stylized birds in lighter gray with small touches of yellow are depicted flying on the right side and upper area; near the lower edge a group of carved rock-like shapes in gray include small yellow highlights and a short sprig-like element; subtle variations in the metal show patches of rust-colored brown and lighter gray patina across the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_250

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (6.1Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba Kaneie craftsman geese sword crossguards mokkô Tsuba tachi sword Quatrefoil shape gata slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi ryôhitsu ana type Decorated obverse wild geese flying water's edge overgrown reeds reverse sails three boats top fishing nets drying shore Gold-inlaid details Signed Early 19th century Edo period 1603–1868 Fushimi Yamashiro Japan height 10.9 cm width 10.2 cm depth 0.45 cm roughly square metal object rounded lobed edges dark gray brown tones showing textured weathered surface three rounded cutouts near center narrow central cutout create openings stylized birds lighter gray small touches yellow depicted flying right side upper area near lower edge group carved rock- shapes gray include small yellow highlights short sprig- element subtle variations metal patches rust-colored brown lighter gray patina across surface.