Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2895
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting openwork carving (sukashibori)
- Material
- iron
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 7.6 x 7.1 x 0.4
Additionally
- Type
- decorative and applied arts weapon
- Provenance
- A gift from O. Feldman
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
A tsuba is oval in shape (nagamaru gata) with a wedge-shaped hole (nakago-ana) in the center and two holes (hitsu-ana) on either side: an oval one for kozuka – on the left, and the other one in the form of a shamrock for kogai – on the right. The tsuba is decorated with a relief and through image of seven asarum leaves arranged in a circular composition around the central hole. The tsuba’s edge is solid and rounded. The image of the leaves is two-sided.
