Sword-guard, iron, Miyashita Toshinori, Japan, 1830-1897
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1830-1897
MIYASHITA TOSHINORI: A FINE IRON ‘MAGICAL FOX’ TSUBA By Miyashita Toshinori (1830-1897), signed Miyashita Toshinori and kakihan Japan, 19th century, Edo (1615-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912) With a NBTHK Hozon [Worthy of Preservation] certificate, no. 2011675, dated 30 September 2025 [Reiwa 7], with a photo of the tsuba and the seal of the NBTHK.
Of kakumarugata form, with a kozuka hitsu ana, finely inlaid in gold, silver, and shakudo hirazogan and takazogan, some details worked in katakiribori, depicting a sly fox looking over his shoulders beside a stream. The reverse featuring grasses with dew drops. Signed to one side Toshinori with kakihan. HEIGHT 6.5 cm, LENGTH 5.5 cm, 2.2 cm (the nakago), WIDTH 0.5 cm (the mimi). With a padded storage box lacquered in black and gold with an Imperial kiku emblem. Miyashita Toshinori (1830-1897) is listed in Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 2065 (H 10531.0). He was the student of Tanaka Kiyotoshi.
Museum comparison: Compare a related tsuba with the design of a magic fox by moonlight, by Iwamoto Konkan, dated 1780, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Image ID 2006BB4706.
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- iron, gold, silver, and shakudo
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 6.5 cm; LENGTH 5.5 cm; 2.2 cm; WIDTH 0.5 cm; 0.4 cm; WEIGHT 100 g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-204134470
- Auction house
- Galerie Zacke
- Listing object ID
- 204134470
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.