Tsuba, sword fitting

箭配品
日本

Subject/design:

Obon Festival dancers; the Weaver and the cowherd, reference to the Tanabata Festival (revers)

Materials:

Shakudô, shibuichi and inlay

Date:

1854

Place of origin:

Japan

Artist:

Kanô Natsuo 加納夏雄 (1828-1898) and Masatsura 政貫 (1827-after 1861)

Inventory number:

CB.OS.1964.1717

Copyright:

Baur Fondation

Photographer:

Marian Gérard