A Ko-Akasaka Tsuba

UNSIGNED, EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

細節

A Ko-Akasaka Tsuba
Unsigned, early Edo period (17th century)
The circular iron plate pierced with a design of pine, choji and catfish, in ji-sukashi and kebori, rounded mimi, with a wood box
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 5mm.

來源

John Harding

出版

Lundgren Collection, no. 25

拍品專文

The Akasaka smiths came from Kyoto, in the Kanei period (1624-1644), to Edo and Akasaka. Tadamasa was the first to flourish. The design and type of iron with pointed seppa dai is indicative of the first generation.

For a similar example with a design of catfish and bamboo, see Sasano, M, Sukashi tsuba, (Kyuryudo, Tokyo, 1993), no. 207. Mr Sasano states that the meaning of catfish and bamboo is unclear.