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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rocky Landscape Seen by Moonlight with Stream and Small Sailboats; (back) Man under Snow-covered Bamboo Branches
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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Rocky Landscape Seen by Moonlight with Stream and Small Sailboats; (back) Man under Snow-covered Bamboo Branches

Artist Okabe Jakushi II, Hizen School, Nagasaki (Japanese)
Dateabout 1730, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (8.6 × 8.6 cm)
Mediumiron with gold and copper inlays
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.784
Not on View
DescriptionMan wearing a hat under branches of bamboo bending from the weight of the snow.
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) 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
A Courtesan under Umbrella beside Attendant Removing Snow from Her Geta
A Courtesan under Umbrella beside Attendant Removing Snow from Her Geta
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1730
A Complete Course of Lithography: Containing Clear and Explicit Instructions in all the Different Branches and Manners of that Art. Accompanied by Illustrative Specimens of Drawings to Which Is Prefixed a History of Lithography
A Complete Course of Lithography: Containing Clear and Explicit Instructions in all the Different Branches and Manners of that Art. Accompanied by Illustrative Specimens of Drawings to Which Is Prefixed a History of Lithography
Rudolf Ackermann | German | active 1769 - 1834
1819
Kozuka: (front) Branches of a Pine Tree (Matsu); (back) signature on textured ground
Kozuka: (front) Branches of a Pine Tree (Matsu); (back) signature on textured ground
Nariyoshi
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Inro: Blossoming Cherry Branches with Ceremonial Bird Headdress, Batons, Flute, and Mouth Organ
Inro: Blossoming Cherry Branches with Ceremonial Bird Headdress, Batons, Flute, and Mouth Organ
19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba) of a Medium-length Sword: (front) Shoki, the Chinese Demon-queller Walks along a Rocky Cliff; (back) Fleeing Demon Crawls beneath the Cliff
Sword Guard (Tsuba) of a Medium-length Sword: (front) Shoki, the Chinese Demon-queller Walks along a Rocky Cliff; (back) Fleeing Demon Crawls beneath the Cliff
Edo Period (1600-1868)
Image Not Available for Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Flying Birds; (back) Birds
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Flying Birds; (back) Birds
Nobushige Umetada School
17th 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) in the Form of the Indian Priest Daruma
Sword Guard (Tsuba) in the Form of the Indian Priest Daruma
Kotetsu Okisato of the Nagasone School
about 1650-1700, Edo Period (1600-1868)
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)

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