Hand guard

Kanaya Gorosaburo, 1868 - 1900

Tsuba with autumn leaves. 19th century; signed Kanaya Gorôsaburô (1835-1889); brass. Westendorp bequest.

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1126
  • Dimensionsheight 7.2 cm x width 6.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicskoper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1126

  • Description

    Afgerond rechthoekige tsuba met aan de roodbruin getinte voorzijde in katakiri-bori enkele boombladeren; aan de geelbruin getinte achterzijde een kastanje-takje en enkele bladeren; gesigneerd "kanaya gorosaburo zo" (?).

Creation

  • Creation

    Kanaya Gorosaburo, Japan

  • Dating

    1868 - 1900

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    koper

  • Dimensions

    height 7.2 cm x width 6.3 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

    • Uyeno Naoteru (ed.), Japanese arts and crafts in the Meiji era, Tokyo 1958, p. 126, afb. 83a.
    • 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. 12.

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