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EDO PERIOD (17TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A TSUBA BY BUSHU MASACHIKA AND NINE OTHERS
Edo period (17th/19th century)
An oval iron tsuba, boldly carved and pierced with peonies in full bloom carved proud of and overlapping the rim, signed Bushu ju Masachika saku, 7.7cm.; an almost circular iron Kyo Shoami tsuba with a cat-scratched gold fukurin, carved and pierced with kiku and kiri mon over a background of fishing nets, 8.25cm; the face with a figure of Bishamonten, holding a halberd in one hand and a stupa in the other, confronting a tiger, the warrior-god in high relief of iron, with details inlaid in silver and two colours of gold, the reverse with a pine tree and a garden fence, with signature Sekijoken Motozane, 7.2cm.; a circular tsuba pierced and carved with vines on a garden fence, signed Choshu Hagi ju Hisatsugu saku, 7.1cm.; another example of the work of the previous maker, of circular form, carved and pierced with grapnels and their ropes, signed Choshu Hagi ju Hisatsugu saku, 7.6cm.; a smaller, oval tsuba, carved and pierced with lotus leaves and flowers, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Sakunoshin Tomohisa, 7cm.; a large, late Owari-style tsuba, pierced with a single vertical bar crossing floral forms, 8.4cm.; a tsuba carved and pierced with four interwoven, snaking lobes, 7.2cm.; an oval tsuba, the rim carved in the form of a circular tachi, a folded fan lying beside the sword, 6.8cm.; and a tsuba shaped as a chidori [plover], signed illegibly, 8.85cm. (10)
Edo period (17th/19th century)
An oval iron tsuba, boldly carved and pierced with peonies in full bloom carved proud of and overlapping the rim, signed Bushu ju Masachika saku, 7.7cm.; an almost circular iron Kyo Shoami tsuba with a cat-scratched gold fukurin, carved and pierced with kiku and kiri mon over a background of fishing nets, 8.25cm; the face with a figure of Bishamonten, holding a halberd in one hand and a stupa in the other, confronting a tiger, the warrior-god in high relief of iron, with details inlaid in silver and two colours of gold, the reverse with a pine tree and a garden fence, with signature Sekijoken Motozane, 7.2cm.; a circular tsuba pierced and carved with vines on a garden fence, signed Choshu Hagi ju Hisatsugu saku, 7.1cm.; another example of the work of the previous maker, of circular form, carved and pierced with grapnels and their ropes, signed Choshu Hagi ju Hisatsugu saku, 7.6cm.; a smaller, oval tsuba, carved and pierced with lotus leaves and flowers, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Sakunoshin Tomohisa, 7cm.; a large, late Owari-style tsuba, pierced with a single vertical bar crossing floral forms, 8.4cm.; a tsuba carved and pierced with four interwoven, snaking lobes, 7.2cm.; an oval tsuba, the rim carved in the form of a circular tachi, a folded fan lying beside the sword, 6.8cm.; and a tsuba shaped as a chidori [plover], signed illegibly, 8.85cm. (10)
Provenance
The first, W.L. Behrens Collection
The fifth, J.B. Gaskell and W.L Behrens Collection
The seventh, Henry Charles Cliford Collection
The fifth, J.B. Gaskell and W.L Behrens Collection
The seventh, Henry Charles Cliford Collection
Literature
The fifth, Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 461 and Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 2177, pl. XLIX
Exhibited
The fifth, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
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