Mokkō-shaped tsuba with clematis

Title

Mokkō-shaped tsuba with clematis
Associated place

Japan (place of creation)
Date

18th century (1701 - 1800)
Material and technique

sentoku, inlaid with shakudō wire, silver, and brass
Material index

sentoku;

shakudo;

silver;

brass
Technique index

forged;

inlaid
Object type

tsuba
Dimensions

7.8 x 7.5 cm (height x width)
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.11131

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Catalogue text

Mokkō; both faces and edge of the raised border covered with scrolling stems in shakudō wire inlay, the field with clematis vines in the same technique, the flowers, shown in perspective, inlaid in silver with brass centres.

A very similar guard in the Victoria and Albert Museum (from the Hawkshaw Collection) is signed Fujiwara no Kunimichi.

sentoku

shakudō

tsuba

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