Five Hand Guards (tsuba), Hiroyasu, 1800 - 1850

gold (metal), h 6.4cm × w 6cm More details

The small surface of the hand guard offers a fine challenge to fit a composition in a limited format. Figures along the border or in reserves often serve to lend the decoration a narrative character. The depictions are enlivened with silver, gold, or bronze accents.

Identification

Title(s)

Five Hand Guards (tsuba)
Hand guard

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1067

Description

Ovale tsuba met aan de voorzijde in iroe takazogan en verhoogd reliëf Chokaro Sennin en de demonendoder Shoki, die de kalebas van Chokaro vasthoudt en er een duiveltje uit laat ontsnappen; aan de achterzijde een pijnboom; gesigneerd "hiroyasu".

Creation

Artist

Hiroyasu

Place

Japan

Dating

1800 - 1850

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 6.4 cm × width 6 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1051

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