Crossguard tsuba, Kaneie, school craftsman author. Japanese art, Japanese culture, Edo 1603–1868. Weapons; melee weapons; swords; katana; sword crossguards. Landscape motifs: rocks, mokkô, bamboos, trees, fishermen, mountains, moons. Tsuba in the shape of a quatrefoil mokkô gata with a slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi, ryôhitsu ana, textured surface ishime ji. Decorated in low relief hirabori with a landscape motif showing a fisherman sitting on the water's edge under a cliff and the moon emerging from behind distant hills visible at the top of the crossguard. Signed. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868. Japan; Fushimi, Yamashiro. Tsuba. Height 8.5 cm; width 7.8 cm; depth 0.4 cm., A roughly oval metallic object with a textured gray surface and a few small shiny gold accents, featuring three irregular cutouts near its center; a few raised carved details form a scene with a reclining figure on the lower right rendered in gray and white tones, a few thin gold lines and dots near the lower...
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Crossguard tsuba, Kaneie, school craftsman author. Japanese art, Japanese culture, Edo 1603–1868. Weapons; melee weapons; swords; katana; sword crossguards. Landscape motifs: rocks, mokkô, bamboos, trees, fishermen, mountains, moons. Tsuba in the shape of a quatrefoil mokkô gata with a slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi, ryôhitsu ana, textured surface ishime ji. Decorated in low relief hirabori with a landscape motif showing a fisherman sitting on the water's edge under a cliff and the moon emerging from behind distant hills visible at the top of the crossguard. Signed. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868. Japan; Fushimi, Yamashiro. Tsuba. Height 8.5 cm; width 7.8 cm; depth 0.4 cm., A roughly oval metallic object with a textured gray surface and a few small shiny gold accents, featuring three irregular cutouts near its center; a few raised carved details form a scene with a reclining figure on the lower right rendered in gray and white tones, a few thin gold lines and dots near the lower center and right, and a slender branch or tree shape at the upper right with touches of gold.

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Crossguard tsuba Kaneie school craftsman author Japanese art Japanese culture Edo 1603–1868 Weapons melee weapons swords katana sword crossguards Landscape motifs rocks mokkô bamboos trees fishermen mountains moons Tsuba shape quatrefoil gata slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi ryôhitsu ana textured surface ishime ji Decorated low relief hirabori landscape motif showing fisherman sitting water's edge under cliff moon emerging distant hills visible top crossguard Signed 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Fushimi Yamashiro Height 8.5 cm width 7.8 cm depth 0.4 cm roughly oval metallic object textured gray surface small shiny gold accents featuring three irregular cutouts near center carved details form scene reclining figure lower right rendered gray white tones thin gold lines dots near lower center right slender branch tree shape upper right touches gold.

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