Iron tsuba of round form decorated with eight roundels – circular emblems of flowers and/or family crests (mon) made of cast brass, pierced and chiselled in kebori, and with flat brass inlay (hira-zōgan) of vines or leaves all over the plate. Both hitsu-ana trimmed with brass. Nakago-ana of trapezoidal form. A distinctive character of this tsuba is a mon at 6 hours depicting tomoe (comma).
Yoshirō school (Kaga-Yoshirō).
Attributed to Koike Yoshirō Naomasa himself. Unsigned.
The Momoyama or early Edo period, end of the 16th to the first half of the 17th century (1574-1650).
Size: Diameter 82.0 mm, thickness 3.8 mm at seppa-dai, 3.4 mm at rim.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese swords & fittings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Tsuba |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | 17 AD , Azuchi–Momoyama period [安土桃山時代] (1568–1603) , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) |
| School | Yoshirō School |
| Media/Technique | Hira-Zōgan , Ranma-sukashi , Sukashi |
| Material | Brass , Iron |
| Subject | Arabesque (karakusa) , Family crest (mon) , Leaves , Plants , Vines |
| Acquisition year | 2018 |
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