Four-lobed swordguard (tsuba) with dragon in the clouds motif

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.375.1
Type: weapons and armament
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
18th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Chōshū Hagi ju Tomohisa saku / 長州萩住友久作 (Made by Tomohisa from Hagi, Chōshū)
Materials/Techniques: iron, gilt
Dimensions: height: 7.3 cm
width: 7 cm
depth: 0.4 cm
Purchased from Emil Delmár in 1949 (HMI_227/1953).
Tomohisa, adopted son of Rokurō’emon, was 3rd generation master of Kawaji School from Hagi in Nagato (Chōshū), lived 1687–1743. Sesko, Markus, Genealogies of Japanese tsuba and tōsō-kinkō artists. Norderstedt, Books on Demand, 2011, 117.
https://varshavskycollection.com/collection/tsu-0104/