Tsuba, Naga-marugata, 1904.W.1132
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tsuba, Naga-marugata, 1904.W.1132 is held by German Blade Museum. Museum description: Two identical hitsu-ana. Motif in hori, ito-sukashi and zōgan: a square standing on its tip made of shakudō, countersunk into the shibuichi plate, with fine openwork along the outer edges; the square is decorated with finely engraved tendrils, partly with gold inlays.
The museum record gives measurements total height: 73 mm; diameter: 3 mm; weight: 105 g; place associated: Asia, Japan (Edo, Itō school) (manufacture). 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Gesamthöhe: 73 mm; Durchmesser: 3 mm; Gewicht: 105 g
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Shibuichi, Shakudô, Gold (Material/Technik)
- Place recorded
- Asien, Japan (Edo, Itô-Schule) (Herstellung)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1091/item_HU3CXKQ3V4UDEGWMYKK75RM4KBOGTATF
- Museum object name
- Tsuba, Naga-marugata, 1904.W.1132
- 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.