Légende

Crossguard tsuba, Raiyôken, Yoshimasa; sword crossguard in the shape of an otafuku chubby woman's face. Edo period, Kaei 5 1852, Year of the Rat, Japan. Iron tsuba, height 8.7 cm, width 8.35 cm, depth 0.5 cm. Oval seppa dai; edge thick, clearly defined and rounded hira dote mimi. Decorated in low relief with two dragons; both sides carved in low relief with rough sea waves umiji. The outlines of the side hitsu holes are visible, later plugged different engraving style. Inscription includes the phrase kitsu jitsu happy day. Maker: Raiyôken Yoshimasa. Function: katana tsuba; motifs: dragons, sea waves, Otafuku., An oval dark brown metal object with a central teardrop-shaped opening is shown against a light gray background; the object's surface features carved swirling wave patterns and spiral motifs, with textured raised borders and carved fish-like forms along the edges, and visible shades of dark brown and gray across the metal.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_482

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (4.9Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Crossguard tsuba Raiyôken Yoshimasa sword crossguard shape otafuku chubby woman's face Edo period Kaei 5 1852 Year Rat Japan Iron tsuba height 8.7 cm width 8.35 cm depth 0.5 cm Oval seppa dai edge thick defined rounded hira dote mimi Decorated low relief two dragons sides carved rough sea waves umiji outlines side hitsu holes visible later plugged different engraving style Inscription includes phrase kitsu jitsu happy day Maker Raiyôken Yoshimasa Function katana tsuba motifs dragons sea waves Otafuku oval dark brown metal object central teardrop-shaped opening shown light gray background object's surface features carved swirling wave patterns spiral motifs textured raised borders carved fish- forms edges visible shades dark brown gray across metal.