EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), THE FOURTH INSCRIBED TOSHINAGA

Details

A Shakudo Tsuba, an Iron Tsuba, a Jakushi School Tsuba and Two Nanban Tsuba
Edo period (18th-19th century), the fourth inscribed Toshinaga
The first shakudo of openwork design and carved in the round with warriors and pine trees, the details gold and copper; the second, an irregular-shaped iron tsuba formed as Hotei leaning on his treasure sack and holding a fan, with flush-inlaid gold details; the third, an oval iron plate designed with Chinese sages and Benten and attendant, and figures in a landscape carved in relief with gold and silver highlights; the fourth, a circular iron Nanban tsuba with openwork design of dragons in scrolling tendrils; the fifth, a rounded-rectangular brass openwork Nanban tsuba with scrolling vines and a lotus supporting a sacred jewel in the form of a free-moving ball
2¾in.; (7cm.)3in. (7.6cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.); 2¾in. (7cm.); 3in. (7.6cm.) long (5)

Provenance

The first and second Edward G. Kennedy, New York
The third and fifth Howard Mansfield, New York
The fourth Mrs. Adrian H. Joline, New York

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Lot Essay

Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) was a New York lawyer who served as a trustee and the treasurer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1909 to 1929. His collection of Japanese art was acquired by the museum in 1936. The Mansfield sword fittings are discussed by Stephen V. Grancsay in "The Howard Mansfield Collection--Japanese Sword Furniture" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32 (October 1937): pp. 228-35.

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