IRON TSUBA WITH CRANE AND MINOGAME
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
dated 1856, Edo period (1615-1868)
KATSURANO SEKIBUN: A SHONAI SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH CRANE AND MINOGAME By Katsurano Sekibun, signed Sekibun Rojin Japan, dated 1856, Edo period (1615-1868) Of kakumarugata form, with one kogai and one kozuka hitsu-ana, the nakago-ana fitted with suaka sekigane.
The iron plate is finely worked in takabori, katakiribori, and kebori, with gold, silver, and copper takazogan, depicting a crane in flight above turbulent waves. The reverse is decorated with a vigorously rendered minogame emerging amid swirling water.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- IRON
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 6.4 cm, LENGTH 6.3 cm, 2.5 cm (the nakago), THICKNESS 0.2 cm (the mimi), 0.3 cm (the seppa-dai) WEIGHT 61.1 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
- 205635599
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
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.