Hand guard

Masanori, 1700 - 1800

Ovale tsuba met in positief silhouet het gestileerde karakter "kotobuki" (lang leven); gesigneerd "kofu ju masanori".

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1060
  • Dimensionsheight 7.3 cm x width 7 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1060

  • Description

    Ovale tsuba met in positief silhouet het gestileerde karakter "kotobuki" (lang leven); gesigneerd "kofu ju masanori".

Creation

  • Creation

    Masanori, Japan

  • Dating

    1700 - 1800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 7.3 cm x width 7 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. 71.

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