HAMANO TOSHIHIRO: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA OF TWO SAMURAI WARRIORS
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
HAMANO TOSHIHIRO: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA OF TWO SAMURAI WARRIORS By Hamano Toshihiro (died 1861), signed Shinsensai Toshihiro with kakihan Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of nagamarugata form, with one kozuka hitsu ana, the nakago ana with copper sekigane, carved partial shishiaibori with gold, suaka, and shakudo takazogan, creating a striking three-dimensional effect, the design featuring a samurai warrior clad in full armor being grabbed from behind by Ushiwakamaru.
The reverse with a swallow flying in the rain and signed SHINSENSAI TOSHIHIRO with kakihan. With a wood tomobako (storage box). Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, p.2040 (H 10358.0). Museum comparison: Compare a related shibuichi tsuba by the same artist with a peasant looking at the moon, signed Toshihiro with kakihan, in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.117.
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- 1
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- shibuichi
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 6.9 cm, LENGTH 6.3 cm WEIGHT 124.9 g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205635624
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.