Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人) ,

18th–19th century

in the style of Kitagawa Sōten 喜多河宗典, active late 17th - 18th century
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868 | Meiji era, 1868–1912
y1939-6

Information

Title
Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)
Dates

18th–19th century

Maker
in the style of Kitagawa Sōten 喜多河宗典
Medium
Marubori ("carving in the round") iron with gold incrustation
Dimensions
h. 7.8 cm., w. 7.6 cm., d. 0.7 cm. (3 1/16 x 3 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1939-6
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Signed: 藻柄子入道宗典製 "Sōheishi Nyudo Sōten tsukuru"
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period), Meiji
Type
swords, tsuba, metalworking
Materials
iron, gold
Subject
pine trees, philosophers, clouds, swordsmiths, board games, men, figures (representations)

Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (1868–1953); gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1939.

Tsuba (sword guard): fives sages among trees and clouds

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