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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Tsuru Sennin (Crane Rishi) and Kame Sennin (Tortoise Rishi); (back) Back of the obverse

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Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Tsuru Sennin (Crane Rishi) and Kame Sennin (Tortoise Rishi); (back) Back of the obverse
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Tsuru Sennin (Crane Rishi) and Kame Sennin (Tortoise Rishi); (back) Back of the obverse

Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Tsuru Sennin (Crane Rishi) and Kame Sennin (Tortoise Rishi); (back) Back of the obverse

Artist Tetsugen School
DateEdo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions2 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (7.5 × 7 cm)
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.811
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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) 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) Gama Sennin with a Toad near Waterfall; (back) Rock, Mountains, and Tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Gama Sennin with a Toad near Waterfall; (back) Rock, Mountains, and Tree
Kaneiye
17th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Bama Sennin with toad near waterfall, (back) a rock, mountains and a tree
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Bama Sennin with toad near waterfall, (back) a rock, mountains and a tree
Kaneiye
17th century
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): (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 and back) Dragon in Clouds over Water
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front and back) Dragon in Clouds over Water
Teruhide of the Omori School
18th 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
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Mount Fuji and Falcon with Waves below; (back) Eggplant with Waves below
Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Mount Fuji and Falcon with Waves below; (back) Eggplant with Waves below
Sadanaga of the Jokshu School
about 1825-1850, Edo Period (1600-1868)
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)

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