Lenticular tsuba with poem

Details

• Title

  Lenticular tsuba with poem

• Artist/maker

  Shōami Kiyofusa (active 1700 - 1725) (armourer)

  Shōami School (active 1601 - 1909) (armourer)

  Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 622 - 710 BC) (author)

• Associated people

  Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 622 - 710 BC) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Ōita prefecture › Shōnai (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  obverse and reverse: copper, with punched ishime surface, and inlaid with shibuichi; shakudō rim; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
  obverse: inlaid with gold
  reverse: inlaid with copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  forged;

  marked › punched;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.5 x 8.3 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.10284

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