Légende

Crossguard tsuba, Suiyôdô, Toshimasa; gift; Japanese art; Japanese; Edo 1603–1868; weapons; cold weapons; swords; katana; sword crossguards; tsubas; plants; flowers; animals; birds; hens; roosters iconography; chicks; chrysanthemums; morning glory; wolfberries. Tsuba in the shape of a rectangle with rounded sides nadegaku gata, katahitsu ana; copper sekigane fillings. Decorated on both sides with high-relief decoration inlaid with multicolored metals, depicting on the obverse a rooster by a fence overgrown with bindweed and a chicken in the grass among flowers; on the reverse a hen with two chicks. 1st half of the 19th century Edo period, Japan. Tsuba; height 6.6 cm, width 5.8 cm, depth 0.3 cm., A rounded square metal object with a dark gray surface shows a carved central opening and a smaller adjacent opening; a decorative scene along one edge features a large rooster rendered with gold and dark blue feathers standing beside gold-accented plants and vines, a small brown chick near the bottom, and a few grassy sprigs and flowers with gold highlights on a textured dark background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A21_244

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (3.9Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Crossguard tsuba Suiyôdô Toshimasa gift Japanese art Japanese Edo 1603–1868 weapons cold weapons swords katana sword crossguards tsubas plants flowers animals birds hens roosters iconography chicks chrysanthemums morning glory wolfberries Tsuba shape rectangle rounded sides nadegaku gata katahitsu ana copper sekigane fillings Decorated sides high-relief decoration inlaid multicolored metals depicting obverse rooster fence overgrown bindweed chicken grass reverse hen two chicks 1st half 19th century Edo period Japan height 6.6 cm width 5.8 cm depth 0.3 cm rounded square metal object dark gray surface carved central opening smaller adjacent opening decorative scene edge features large rooster rendered gold dark blue feathers standing beside gold-accented plants vines small brown chick near bottom grassy sprigs gold highlights textured dark background.