Tsuba, Japan, ca. 1840
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1840
Tsuba in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.849-1910), made in Japan, dated ca. 1840. The museum's brief description reads: Sword guard (tsuba) with design of the fording of Uji River, iron, Chōshū school, Japan, about 1840.
Signed Kawaji Tomomichi, retainer of Hagi in Chōshū domain.. Museum description: Sword guard (tsuba). Rounded oblong shape with low relief and pierced scene of the fording of Uji River featuring the rival generals Sasaki no Takatsuna and Kajiwara no Kagesue, the reverse decorated with pine trees and banners. The museum records it as iron, measuring Length 9.4 cm; Width 8.6 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron
- Dimensions
- Length 9.4 cm; Width 8.6 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tsuba
- Museum object number
- M.849-1910
- Museum system number
- O466829
Catalogue references
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