Tsuba
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Basic information
- ID
- Рз-2897
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Tsuba
- Date of creation
- late 19th c.
- Country
- Japan
- Technique
- casting silver incrustation (zōgan) openwork carving (sukashibori)
- Material
- metal alloy
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 7.2 x 6.6 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. Hieroglyphic inscriptions are engraved on tsuba’s front side around the hole. The tsuba is decorated with a detailed relief image of four elderly men with beards wearing traditional Japanese costumes and various hats. The men are located near the mountain and a lone pine tree with the sky hanging over them. All the details are made in the technique of openwork carving. The figures located in the lower part of tsuba from the left to the right are the following: the first one is depicted sitting, stroking his beard with his right hand, the left hand is on his knees, in front of him there is a kettle and a plate with some dish; the second one is holding a goblet in his left hand, he is sitting in front of the first man, but his head is turned to the third one; the third man is unfolding a scroll with a stylized text; the fourth man is holding a stick with a decorative top with both hands. The Soten school.
