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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese, Water, Rushes, and Rising Moon; (back) Stream with Rocks and Water Plants

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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

Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese, Water, Rushes, and Rising Moon; (back) Stream with Rocks and Water Plants

Artist Hidetoshi Ohno (Japanese)
Date19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions3 × 2 7/8 in. (7.6 × 7.3 cm)
Mediumshakudo with gold inlay
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.802
Not on View
DescriptionShakudo is an alloy of copper and gold.
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) 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) 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) Monkey Seated on Rocks Reaches toward the Moon (symbolic of foolishness); (back) Family Crest
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Monkey Seated on Rocks Reaches toward the Moon (symbolic of foolishness); (back) Family Crest
Temei
19th century, 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) 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)
Kozuka: (front) Goose and Rushes; (back) inscription
Kozuka: (front) Goose and Rushes; (back) inscription
Joochiku
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Autumn Moon Shining on Two Deer Under a Pine Tree; (back) pine branch
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Autumn Moon Shining on Two Deer Under a Pine Tree; (back) pine branch
Naoharu Yanagawa
about 1800, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Crows and Water
Sword Guard (Tsuba): Crows and Water
Masayoshi Ishiguro
mid-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba) of an Ancient Slung Sword (tachi): (front) Ferry Approaching Shoreline; (back) Ferry and Its Passengers Leave Shore
Sword Guard (Tsuba) of an Ancient Slung Sword (tachi): (front) Ferry Approaching Shoreline; (back) Ferry and Its Passengers Leave Shore
Rozayemon Hosono
Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Spray of Camellia Flowers with Two Large Blossoms; (back) Smaller Spray of Camellias
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Spray of Camellia Flowers with Two Large Blossoms; (back) Smaller Spray of Camellias
about 1750, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Man with Umbrella and Lantern Watching a Bird; (back) Temple Gate and Pine Tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Man with Umbrella and Lantern Watching a Bird; (back) Temple Gate and Pine Tree
Toshiyoshi Jun Min Do
about 1825, Edo Period (1600-1868)

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