Tsuba
ca. 1840-1900 (made)
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This hand guard for a sword, or tsuba, is covered in shibuichi, an alloy of copper and silver which is normally patinated to give a wide variety of colours from silver to brown as well as a range of greys. This, along with some gold, silver and copper make an image, in relief, of monkey trainers with their animals. On the reverse can be found a wood-cutter and two boys beneath a pine tree, along with a gold inlaid seal-mark and a signature stating "drawn at Tokyo with the iron brush by Sadamoto Uso".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>) with gold, silver and copper relief |
| Brief description | Hand-guard (tsuba) for a sword, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) with gold, silver and copper relief depicting monkey trainers with their animals, and on the reverse a wood-cutter and two boys beneath a pine tree, gold inlaid seal-mark and signed drawn at Tokyo with the iron brush by Sadamoto Uso (1828-ca.1900) |
| Physical description | Hand-guard (tsuba) for a sword, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) with gold, silver and copper relief depicting monkey trainers with their animals, and on the reverse a wood-cutter and two boys beneath a pine tree, with gold inlaid seal-mark and signed drawn at Tokyo with the iron brush by Sadamoto Uso. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | signed drawn at Tokyo with the iron brush by Sadamoto Uso |
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| Summary | This hand guard for a sword, or tsuba, is covered in shibuichi, an alloy of copper and silver which is normally patinated to give a wide variety of colours from silver to brown as well as a range of greys. This, along with some gold, silver and copper make an image, in relief, of monkey trainers with their animals. On the reverse can be found a wood-cutter and two boys beneath a pine tree, along with a gold inlaid seal-mark and a signature stating "drawn at Tokyo with the iron brush by Sadamoto Uso". |
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| Accession number | M.1338-1931 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2009 |
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