Swordguard (tsuba) with openwork chrysanthemum decoration
| Accession Nr.: | 53.373.1 |
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| Type: | weapons and armament |
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| Date of production: |
18th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
| Place of production: |
| Signed: | Chōshū jū Tomohisa / 長州住友久 (Tomohisa from Chōshū) |
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| Materials/Techniques: | iron |
| Dimensions: | height: 7.5 cm width: 7 cm depth: 0.4 cm |
Purchased from Emil Delmár in 1949 (HMI_227/1953).
Tomohisa (友久 1687–1743), adopted son of Rokurō’emon, was 3rd generation master of Kawaji (川地) 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/
Tomohisa (友久 1687–1743), adopted son of Rokurō’emon, was 3rd generation master of Kawaji (川地) 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/
