Sword guard (Tsuba) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔)

Takehara Tomomasa Japanese

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The artist Tomomasa (友正) states in the signature that he modelled this tsuba after a painting of Kanō Yoshinobu (狩野美信, 1747-1797), art name Dōshun (洞春) and Buddhist priest rank of Hōgen (法眼). Tomomasa, whose family name was Takehara (武原), was working for the Chōshū fief (present Yamaguchi Prefecture) but also lived temporarily in Kii province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture). There exist dated works from 1798 and 1799 but his master is unknown.

Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔), Takehara Tomomasa (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Iron, copper, Japanese

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Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔), Takehara Tomomasa (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Iron, copper, Japanese
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Peony Motif (牡丹図鐔), Takehara Tomomasa (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century), Iron, copper, Japanese

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