Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)
The obverse of this tsuba shows Hanshan (寒山, Japanese: Kanzan) and Shide (拾得, Japanese: Jittoku), popular figures in Zen painting, with their attributes scroll and broom respectively. The reverse depicts a pine tree with parts of the cones and the small bamboo at its base being highlighted in gold. The rest of the plate is polished and left undecorated.
Haynes (H 12169.0) (see references) lists this artist as having died before 1781 and as follows: “Listed in the Sōken Kishō, 1781, vol. 4 p. 22, also listed by Hara 1902, p. 215. This name is also read Yoshiaki, or Kiki.”
Haynes (H 12169.0) (see references) lists this artist as having died before 1781 and as follows: “Listed in the Sōken Kishō, 1781, vol. 4 p. 22, also listed by Hara 1902, p. 215. This name is also read Yoshiaki, or Kiki.”
Artwork Details
- Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)
- Fittings maker: Yoshiteru (Japanese, active 18th century)
- Date: mid-18th century
- Culture: Japanese
- Medium: Brass, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
- Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6.1 oz. (172.9 g)
- Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.777
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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