Five Hand Guards (tsuba)

Hiroyasu, 1800 - 1850

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.

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1067
  • Dimensionsheight 6.4 cm x width 6 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Hand guard
    • Five Hand Guards (tsuba)

  • 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

  • Creation

    Hiroyasu, Japan

  • Dating

    1800 - 1850

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 6.4 cm x width 6 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

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

  • 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

Documentation

    • Shinkichi Hara, Die Meister der japanischen Schwertzierathen : Ueberblick ihrer Geschichte, Verzeichnis der Meister mit Daten ueber ihr Leben und mit ihren Namen in der Urschrift, Hamburg 1902, p. 87.
    • Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 73-75, pl. XVIII.

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  • Five Hand Guards (tsuba)
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