Tsuba with chessmen

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with chessmen

• Artist/maker

  Shōami School (active 1601 - 1909) (armourer)

  Aizu-Shōami (possibly active 1601 - 1909) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Fukushima prefecture › Aizu (place of creation)

• Date

  17th - 18th century (1601 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  iron, inlaid with shakudō, shibuichi, copper, silver, and gilt-metal; inlay engraved; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

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

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

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › gold

  more

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  8.7 x 7.9 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.10268

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