Sword guard (Tsuba) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔)

Japanese

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This tsuba depicts statesman Su Shi (1037–1101, art name Dongpo, Japanese: So Tōba) on horseback, riding through a winterly bamboo forest en route to one of his multiple exiles. The reverse shows two of his servants.

The artist Naoyoshi (直悦) studied with the first Yanagawa (柳川) School master Naomasa (直政, 1692-1757) but worked primarily in the style of the Hamano (浜野) School.

Sword guard (</>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔), Copper alloy (possibly sentoku), copper, Japanese

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Sword guard (</>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔), Copper alloy (possibly sentoku), copper, Japanese
Sword guard (</>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Exiled Writer and Statesman Su Shi (蘇東坡図鐔), Copper alloy (possibly sentoku), copper, Japanese

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