Hand guard

Kitagawa Soten, 1675 - 1700

Ronde tsuba met in reliëf (hikone-bori) en goud nunome-zogan Yoshitsune en Benkei in een boot, die wordt aangevallen door de geest van Tomomori; gesigneerd "goshi hikone ju soheishi soten".

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1131
  • Dimensionsdiameter 8.4 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1131

  • Description

    Ronde tsuba met in reliëf (hikone-bori) en goud nunome-zogan Yoshitsune en Benkei in een boot, die wordt aangevallen door de geest van Tomomori; gesigneerd "goshi hikone ju soheishi soten".

Creation

  • Creation

    Kitagawa Soten, Japan

  • Dating

    1675 - 1700

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 8.4 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

  • Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese sword-mounts in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago 1923, p. 77-78, afb. XX.

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