Swordguard (tsuba) with peonies

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.370.1
Type: weapons and armament
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
18. század
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Masaharu / 正春 kakihan 書判
Materials/Techniques: iron, gilt
Dimensions: height: 7.1 cm
width: 6.7 cm
depth: 0.4 cm
Purchased from Emil Delmár in 1949 (HMI_227/1953)
Masaharu (正春): Kasuya fam., student of Masamichi (1707–1757) who was the 4th generation Nomura School master in Edo. See: Sesko, Markus, Genealogies of Japanese tsuba and tōsō-kinkō artists. Norderstedt, Books on Demand, 2011, 49.
https://varshavskycollection.com/collection/tsu-0079/