Tsuba
1869 (made)
| Place of origin |
This hand guard for a sword, tsuba, is made of iron with low-relief modelling and a slight heightening of gold and silver. The image depicted is that of the head of a sleeping wild boar amid reeds; on the reverse, a tree-trunk.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | iron with gold and silver relief |
| Brief description | Hand guard (tsuba) for a sword, iron with gold and silver relief depicting a sleeping boar by autumn grasses, signed Seki Yoshinori and dated to the sixteenth day of the second month of 1869, Japan. |
| Physical description | Hand guard (tsuba) for a sword, iron with gold and silver relief depicting a sleeping boar by autumn grasses. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Seki Yoshinori and dated to the sixteenth day of the second month of 1869 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This hand guard for a sword, tsuba, is made of iron with low-relief modelling and a slight heightening of gold and silver. The image depicted is that of the head of a sleeping wild boar amid reeds; on the reverse, a tree-trunk. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.612-1916 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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