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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese; (back) Moon and Water

Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Geese; (back) Moon and Water

Artist Tomo (Japanese)
Date19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions3 7/16 × 3 3/16 in. (8.7 × 8.1 cm)
Mediumiron with silver relief
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.818
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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) 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) 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) Cherry Blossoms and Snow Flakes; (back) New Moon and Falling Snow Flakes
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Cherry Blossoms and Snow Flakes; (back) New Moon and Falling Snow Flakes
Goto
1848-1854, 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)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Chinaman Evoking a Horse from a Gourd; (back) Landscape
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Chinaman Evoking a Horse from a Gourd; (back) Landscape
Iyetsuga Haruta Inaba
early 18th century, 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)
Image Not Available for Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Anchor on Rope, Sea Shells, and Chidori (plovers); (back) Waves with Spray
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Anchor on Rope, Sea Shells, and Chidori (plovers); (back) Waves with Spray
Masakage
mid-19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Hotei, God of Good Luck, with a Bag; (back) Ebisu (?), God of Daily Food, in a Boat with Crane, Symbol of Longevity, Flying Above
School of Masayoshi Ishiguro
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Buddha with Halo; (back) Farmer’s Hut
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Buddha with Halo; (back) Farmer’s Hut
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)
Image Not Available for Sword Guard (Tsuba) for a Short Sword (wakizashi): (front) Plum Tree with Blossoms; (back) the reverse of the forms on the front
Sword Guard (Tsuba) for a Short Sword (wakizashi): (front) Plum Tree with Blossoms; (back) the reverse of the forms on the front
late 18th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)

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