A Ko-Shoami Tsuba

UNSIGNED, MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY)

Details

A Ko-Shoami Tsuba
Unsigned, Momoyama period (late 16th/early 17th Century)
The iron plate decorated with a gourd and an aubergine in yo [positive]-sukashi and kebori, partly pierced as hitsuana
3 1/16in. (7.8cm.), thickness 4.5mm.

Literature

Torigoe, K, Tsuba Kanshoki, (Nihon Bunkyo Shuppan Kabushikigaisha, Okayama, 1964), p.30.

Lundgren Collection, no. 14

Lot Essay

The refined stylised eggplant and gourd with kiri and plants are well positioned, giving the design movement. Although the deep colour and strength is reminiscent of Owari, the wide massive seppadai is indicative of Ko-Shoami.

For similar examples, see Sasano, M, Early Japanese Sword Guards, Sukashi Tsuba, (Japan Publications Trading Company, San Francisco, 1972), p. 81 and 82, nos. 45 and 46

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