Tsuba, Kawarigata, 1909.W.1337, Kinai (smith)
Also known as: Tsuba, Kawarigata, 1909.W.1337, Kinai (Schmied)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tsuba, Kawarigata, 1909.W.1337, Kinai (smith) is held by German Blade Museum. Museum description: Hitsu-ana for kozuka and kōgai with gold decorative rim (fukurin), both closed with shakudō. Signed, presumably: „Echizen ju Kinai saku“ (“made by Kinai from Echizen Province”; Kinai: group of tsuba makers from Echizen). Motif in nikubori-ji-sukashi and zōgan: rounded leaves with finely engraved leaf veins, applied tendrils in gold.; Inscription: „Echizen ju Kinai saku“ (“made by Kinai from Echizen Province” (?) () The museum record gives measurements Overall height: 73 mm; Diameter: 5 mm; Weight: 111 g; place associated: Asia, Japan (Echizen Province) (production); maker recorded: Kinai (smith). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Gesamthöhe: 73 mm; Durchmesser: 5 mm; Gewicht: 111 g
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Eisen, Gold, Shakudô (Material/Technik)
- Maker recorded
- Kinai (Schmied)
- Place recorded
- Asien, Japan (Provinz Echizen) (Herstellung)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1091/item_IHYCF2ZOC6GFUGYUUR5LBNIYW3S7K3L3
- Museum attribution
- Kinai (Schmied)
- Museum object name
- Tsuba, Kawarigata, 1909.W.1337
- Holding institution
- German Blade Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.