Tsuba
unknown
Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2892
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- casting silver and bronze incrustation (zōgan) engraving
- Material
- metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 8.5 x 8 x 0.5
Additionally
- Type
- decorative and applied arts weapon
- Provenance
- A gift from O. Feldman
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
An oval-shaped tsuba (nagamaru gata) with a wedge-shaped hole (nakago-ana) in the center and two holes (hitsu-ana) on either side of it for kozuka and kogai. Right below on the front side there is an applied silver relief image of Fukurokuju, the god of happiness, sitting in a boat. Above the image of Fukurokuju there is an engraved image of a tree branch with two applied bronze chrysanthemum flowers. On the reverse side under the holes there is an applied relief image of a curved staff.
