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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Flying Birds; (back) Birds

Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Flying Birds; (back) Birds

Artist Nobushige Umetada School (Japanese)
Date17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions2 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.3 × 6.7 cm)
Mediumiron inlaid with gold
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.725
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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Seated Sage on Rock with Clouds and Flowering Bushes; (back) Flowering Bushes and Clouds
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Seated Sage on Rock with Clouds and Flowering Bushes; (back) Flowering Bushes and Clouds
Soten School
17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Boat beneath Bridge and Birds Flying over Water
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Boat beneath Bridge and Birds Flying over Water
Naoshiga Okamoto School
17th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Heads of New Year’s Celebrators with a Dancing Lion’s Head and Pine, Bamboo, and Gohei Decorations
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Heads of New Year’s Celebrators with a Dancing Lion’s Head and Pine, Bamboo, and Gohei Decorations
Umetada School
late 18th-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
School of Masayoshi Ishiguro
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Pheasant, Flowers, and Small Bird; (back) Geese Flying over Waves Reflecting the Moon
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Pheasant, Flowers, and Small Bird; (back) Geese Flying over Waves Reflecting the Moon
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Birds, Stream, Branch of Flowering Tree, and Signature; (back) Rocks and Part of Flowering Tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Birds, Stream, Branch of Flowering Tree, and Signature; (back) Rocks and Part of Flowering Tree
Ichiryu Tomoyoshi (Hitotsu Yanagi)
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fish, Inscription, and Characters; (back) Knife
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fish, Inscription, and Characters; (back) Knife
Shoami
17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rocky Landscape Seen by Moonlight with Stream and Small Sailboats; (back) Man under Snow-covered Bamboo Branches
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rocky Landscape Seen by Moonlight with Stream and Small Sailboats; (back) Man under Snow-covered Bamboo Branches
Okabe Jakushi II, Hizen School, Nagasaki
about 1730, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Cranes Flying over Water; (back) Pine Tree and Sea Shells on the Seashore
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Cranes Flying over Water; (back) Pine Tree and Sea Shells on the Seashore
Tsuchiya school
mid-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front and back) Dragon and Clouds over the Sea
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front and back) Dragon and Clouds over the Sea
Nobutsuma Nakai School
early 17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front and back) Grapes
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front and back) Grapes
Juigo Yatsubiro of the Hito Juigo School
early 17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Mount Fuji and Falcon with Waves below; (back) Eggplant with Waves below
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Mount Fuji and Falcon with Waves below; (back) Eggplant with Waves below
Sadanaga of the Jokshu School
about 1825-1850, Edo Period (1600-1868)

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