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Sword Guard (Tsuba): Water Plant (omodaka)

Sword Guard (Tsuba): Water Plant (omodaka)

Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 18th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions2 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (6.8 × 6.5 cm)
Mediumsteel
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.740
Not on View
DescriptionPerforated steel; Namitoshi style.
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Four-clawed Dragons with Sword in Tail
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Four-clawed Dragons with Sword in Tail
Tomotsune of the Nakai Family
1680-1700, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Household Utensils (feather, kettle and grate, bowl, spoon)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Household Utensils (feather, kettle and grate, bowl, spoon)
Kiyohisa
late 18th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Bird Holding a Rush Leaf in Its Bill
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Bird Holding a Rush Leaf in Its Bill
Kinai School
about 1800, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese, Water, Rushes, and Rising Moon; (back) Stream with Rocks and Water Plants
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese, Water, Rushes, and Rising Moon; (back) Stream with Rocks and Water Plants
Hidetoshi Ohno
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Lobster and Fern; (back) Spray of Water Plant
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Lobster and Fern; (back) Spray of Water Plant
Konkan Iwamoto
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)
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Shigonaga Genshiburi school
possibly 14th century, Muromachi Period (1338-1573)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Leaf Scroll Design
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Leaf Scroll Design
Kitae-danjiro
17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fisherman Seated beside a Stream under a Weeping Willow Tree; (back) Mushrooms Growing beside a Stream
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fisherman Seated beside a Stream under a Weeping Willow Tree; (back) Mushrooms Growing beside a Stream
Tsuji School
18th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Two Dragons among Clouds; (back) plain
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Two Dragons among Clouds; (back) plain
Gokshu
17th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Two Sages, Rocks, Pines, and Clouds
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Two Sages, Rocks, Pines, and Clouds
Soten Kitagawa
Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Thirty Hares
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Thirty Hares
Ōhara Mitsuhirō 大原光廣
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)

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