Caption

Crossguard tsuba, attributed to Kaneie craftsman/school. Tsuba in the shape of a quatrefoil mokkô gata with a slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi and ryôhitsu ana, textured surface ishime ji. Decorated in low relief hirabori with a landscape motif: a fisherman sitting on the water's edge under a cliff, moon emerging from behind distant hills; motifs include rocks, mokkô, bamboos, trees, mountains. Signed. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan — Fushimi, Yamashiro. Materials/genre: Japanese sword crossguard tsuba. Dimensions: height 8.5 cm; width 7.8 cm; depth 0.4 cm., A roughly oval, slightly scalloped metal object with a textured, dimpled surface in shades of dark gray and muted silver sits against a pale gray background; it has three central openings with smooth edges and a vertical central cutout flanked by two rounded cutouts, and small brighter silver highlights along the rim and inside the cutouts; a few tiny gold-colored flecks are visible near one scalloped edge and another small pale spot is visible near the top, while subtle raised and indented areas form irregular, slightly shiny ridges across the surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_254

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103.0Mb (5.5Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba attributed Kaneie craftsman school Tsuba shape quatrefoil mokkô gata slightly raised edge uchi kaeshi ryôhitsu ana textured surface ishime ji Decorated low relief hirabori landscape motif fisherman sitting water's edge under cliff moon emerging distant hills motifs include rocks bamboos trees mountains Signed 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Fushimi Yamashiro Materials genre Japanese sword crossguard tsuba Dimensions height 8.5 cm width 7.8 cm depth 0.4 cm roughly oval scalloped metal object textured dimpled surface shades dark gray muted silver sits pale gray background three central openings smooth edges vertical central cutout flanked two rounded cutouts small brighter silver highlights rim inside tiny gold-colored flecks visible near scalloped edge another small pale spot top subtle raised indented areas form irregular slightly shiny ridges across surface.