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EIGHTEEN TSUBA [HAND GUARDS FOR SWORDS]
A tachi [slung-sword] tsuba of black-lacquered leather with a gold-foiled rim, 15th century, diameter 2 9/16in. (6.5cm.); another for a katana with a shakudo [gold-copper alloy] rim, circa 1500, diameter 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.); an iron katchushi [armourer's] tsuba pierced with a daikon [giant radish] design, 15th century, diameter 3 9/16in. (9cm.), pitted; another, pierced with an axe design, 16th century, diameter, 3 13/16in. (9.7cm.); a Ko-Shoami tsuba pierced with a cloud design, 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.8cm.); an iron katchushi tsuba pierced with wheel motifs, 16th century, diameter 3 7/16in. (8.8cm.); another, pierced with mokko motifs, 16th century, diameter 3¾in. (9.5cm.); another, pierced with a double square design, 16th century, diameter 3 5/16in. (8.4cm.); an iron Onin-style tsuba pierced with hanabishi [formal florets], 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.6cm.), some inlay missing; a gomoku zogan [brass inlay] tsuba, 18th century, diameter 3 7/16in. (8.8cm.); an iron cruciform tsuba, 17th century, diameter 2 7/8in. (7.4cm.); an iron Heianjo zogan [inlaid] tsuba pierced with grass designs, 16th century, diameter 2 13/16in. (7.2cm.); an iron mokkogata [rounded square with turned-in corners] katchushi tsuba, 16th century, diameter 3¼in. (8.2cm.); an iron Onin-style tsuba pierced with jewel motifs, 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.8cm.); a leather mokkogata tsuba, 16th/17th century, diameter 3in. (7.7cm.); stored in a red lacquer box, a Heianjo tsuba, iron and brass, mokko shape, 16th century, diameter 3 11/16in. (9.3cm.); a Heianjo tsuba, iron and brass, pierced with swirling patterns, 17th century, diameter 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) and a Higo Hirata School tsuba, yamagane [unrefined copper], carved and worked in other metals with a rain-dragon design, 17th century, diameter 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.), registered as a tokubetsu kicho kodogu [Especially precious sword fitting] by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai on 22 October 1966 (18) (18)
A tachi [slung-sword] tsuba of black-lacquered leather with a gold-foiled rim, 15th century, diameter 2 9/16in. (6.5cm.); another for a katana with a shakudo [gold-copper alloy] rim, circa 1500, diameter 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.); an iron katchushi [armourer's] tsuba pierced with a daikon [giant radish] design, 15th century, diameter 3 9/16in. (9cm.), pitted; another, pierced with an axe design, 16th century, diameter, 3 13/16in. (9.7cm.); a Ko-Shoami tsuba pierced with a cloud design, 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.8cm.); an iron katchushi tsuba pierced with wheel motifs, 16th century, diameter 3 7/16in. (8.8cm.); another, pierced with mokko motifs, 16th century, diameter 3¾in. (9.5cm.); another, pierced with a double square design, 16th century, diameter 3 5/16in. (8.4cm.); an iron Onin-style tsuba pierced with hanabishi [formal florets], 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.6cm.), some inlay missing; a gomoku zogan [brass inlay] tsuba, 18th century, diameter 3 7/16in. (8.8cm.); an iron cruciform tsuba, 17th century, diameter 2 7/8in. (7.4cm.); an iron Heianjo zogan [inlaid] tsuba pierced with grass designs, 16th century, diameter 2 13/16in. (7.2cm.); an iron mokkogata [rounded square with turned-in corners] katchushi tsuba, 16th century, diameter 3¼in. (8.2cm.); an iron Onin-style tsuba pierced with jewel motifs, 16th century, diameter 3in. (7.8cm.); a leather mokkogata tsuba, 16th/17th century, diameter 3in. (7.7cm.); stored in a red lacquer box, a Heianjo tsuba, iron and brass, mokko shape, 16th century, diameter 3 11/16in. (9.3cm.); a Heianjo tsuba, iron and brass, pierced with swirling patterns, 17th century, diameter 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) and a Higo Hirata School tsuba, yamagane [unrefined copper], carved and worked in other metals with a rain-dragon design, 17th century, diameter 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.), registered as a tokubetsu kicho kodogu [Especially precious sword fitting] by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai on 22 October 1966 (18) (18)
來源
The first fifteen tsuba stored in a red lacquer box were in the collection of the painter Maeda Seison (1885-1977) and on loan to the Kyoto National Museum
注意事項
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