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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fisherman Seated beside a Stream under a Weeping Willow Tree; (back) Mushrooms Growing beside a Stream

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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

Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Fisherman Seated beside a Stream under a Weeping Willow Tree; (back) Mushrooms Growing beside a Stream

Artist Tsuji School (Japanese)
Date18th century
Dimensions3 × 2 13/16 in. (7.6 × 7.1 cm)
Mediumsteel
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.750
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  • Decorative Arts
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) Seated Man with Fan Looking at Gourd Vine; (back) Poem: Men in this way! Women, that! No pleasures besides Such as cooling under the Mugao.
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Seated Man with Fan Looking at Gourd Vine; (back) Poem: Men in this way! Women, that! No pleasures besides Such as cooling under the Mugao.
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rabbit near Stream; (back) Autumn Grasses and Flowers
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rabbit near Stream; (back) Autumn Grasses and Flowers
Mitsuoki of the Otsuki School
about 1800, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Crane Flying over a Blooming Plum Tree; (back) Sparrow Flying over a Stream and a Tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Crane Flying over a Blooming Plum Tree; (back) Sparrow Flying over a Stream and a Tree
Nagatomi Yoshishige
late 18th 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) Cock and Hen; (back) Tree and Stream
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Cock and Hen; (back) Tree and Stream
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Shoki, the Demon Queller; (back) Tree and Stream
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Shoki, the Demon Queller; (back) Tree and Stream
Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Pheasant and Pine Tree; (back) Nightingale on Branch of Pine Tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Pheasant and Pine Tree; (back) Nightingale on Branch of Pine Tree
Masayoshi
about 1800-1850, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Badger in Reeds along Edge of Stream with Moon Emerging from Clouds
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Badger in Reeds along Edge of Stream with Moon Emerging from Clouds
Kaneharu
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Hermit Beside a Stream
Hermit Beside a Stream
Deccan School
Early 18th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Samurai and His Attendant, Stream with Bridge, and Temple Gate (torii); (back) Rock and Trees
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Samurai and His Attendant, Stream with Bridge, and Temple Gate (torii); (back) Rock and Trees
mid-19th century, 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)

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