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.
Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions2 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (5.9 × 5.2 cm)
Mediumcopper and shibuichi with inlays of gold, silver, and copper
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.777
Not on View
DescriptionShibuichi is an alloy of copper, silver, and gold.
Toshiyoshi Jun Min Do
about 1825, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Gyokuryuken, also called Katsuhiro
about 1825-1850, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Okabe Jakushi II, Hizen School, Nagasaki
about 1730, Edo Period (1600-1868)
mid-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Mitsuoki of the Otsuki School
about 1800, Edo Period (1600-1868)
mid-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Ichiryu Tomoyoshi (Hitotsu Yanagi)
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Yasuchika
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
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