Tsuba with blossoming plum branches

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with blossoming plum branches

• Artist/maker

  manner of Hayashi Matashichi I (1613 - 1699) (armourer)

  Kasuga-Hayashi School (possibly active 17th - 19th century) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (Higo province) (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  iron, with engraved decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.2 x 7.1 x 0.285 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dame Jemima Church, in accordance with the wishes of her Husband, Sir Arthur H. Church, 1929.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.10311

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