Japan

Room 10

Sword fittings 刀装具

Drawer 4

In their search for new decorative effects, often done in imitation of other materials, the machibori schools made full use of a wide range of techniques for inlaying, chiseling, and chasing, as well as devising skilful combinations of alloys, and applying cloisonné enamels to sword fittings.

  1. Tsuba with mokume ground 木目地鐔

    Gold, silver, copper and shakudô 金銀銅赤銅

    Mokkô shape with foliated outline 葵木瓜形

    Signed « Osô Sadanao saku » 銘  大壮貞直作

    « First forger nishiki of Great Japan » 大日本一錦之鍛

    Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)

    CB-OS-1964-2139
  2. Kozuka with mokume ground 木目地小柄

    Copper, shakudô and shibuichi 銅赤銅四分一

    Bats 蝙蝠図

    Unsigned 無銘

    Epoque Edo 江戸時代

    CB-OS-1964-2134
  3. Tsuba with mokume ground 木目地鐔

    Copper and shakudô, gold inlay 銅赤銅地金象嵌

    Grasses, butterflies, and hare 蝶草図

    Unsigned 無銘

    Edo period 江戸時代

    CB-OS-1964-2129
  4. Tsuba

    Shakudô, iroe inlay 赤銅地色絵象嵌

    Butterflies and dragonfly 蝶蜻蛉図

    Signed « Shôjusai Nobuyoshi » with kaô 銘  松寿斎信義 (花押)

    Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)

    CB-OS-1964-539
  5. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold imitation of lacquer nashiji ground 梨地赤銅

    Paradise-flycatchers and cherry 綬帯鳥桜図     

    Signed « Ômori Teruhide » with kaô 銘  大森英秀 (花押)

    Edo period, second half 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)

    CB-OS-1964-1557
  6. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold and copper inlay 赤銅地銅金象嵌

    Cranes and rising sun 旭日鶴図

    Signed « Ômori Teruhide » with kaô 銘  大森英秀 (花押)

    Edo period, second half 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)

    CB-OS-1964-1561
  7. Tsuba

    Alternating layers of shakudô, gold and copper 赤銅、銅、金

    Spirales imitant la laque gravée guri 屈輪彫

    Signed « Takai Gen’emon saku » 銘  高井源右衛門作

    Edo period, late 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)

    CB-OS-1931-2154
  8. Tsuba

    Copper with shakudô and gold inlay 銅地赤銅金像案

    Butterflies and peonies 蝶牡丹図

    Signed « Gotô Mitsuaki » with kaô 銘  後藤光晃 (花押)

    Edo period, early 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀初)

    CB-OS-1964-393

  9. Tsuba

    Silver and cloisonné enamel 銀地七宝象嵌

    Snow flakes 雪花図

    Signed « Hirata Haruhiro shinsaku » 銘  平田春寛慎製

    « by special order of the lord of Daishôji » 應需大聖寺公

    Dated spring 1828 1828 年 (文政十一戊子春日)

    CB-OS-1964-2085
  10. Kozuka 小柄

    Shakudô, gold inlay and cloisonné enamel 赤銅地金七宝象嵌

    Phaesants and rocks 雉石図

    Unsigned 無銘

    19th century 江戸末期~明治初期

    CB-OS-1964-2090
  11. Tsuba

    Shakudô and cloisonné enamel 赤銅地七宝象嵌

    Heraldic badges 家紋図

    Signed « Akasaka Tadanori » with kaô 銘  赤坂忠則 (花押)

    Dated 1845  1845 年 (弘化二乙巳正月日) 維岳

    CB-OS-1964-223
  12. Tsuba 透彫鐔

    Silver with shakudô inlay 銀地赤銅象嵌

    Pair of carp 双鯉魚図

    Signed « Geishû Takechika saku » with kaô 銘  芸州武親作 (花押)

    Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)

    CB-OS-1964-812
  13. Kozuka 小柄

    Shibuichi, with gold, silver, and copper inlay 四分一地銅金銀象嵌

    Raft on a river 筏師図

    Signed « Ginshôtei Tômei » with kaô 銘  吟松亭東明 (花押)

    Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-600
  14. Kozuka 小柄

    Shibuichi, gold and silver inlay 四分一地金銀象嵌

    Woman’s ghost 幽霊図

    Signed « Iwamoto Nyûdô Konju » with kaô 銘  岩本入道昆壽 (花押)

    Edo period, early 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀初)

    CB-OS-1935-1765
  15. Tsuba

    Shibuichi and silver with gold inlay 四分一銀地金象嵌

    Gourd and rope 瓢紐図

    Signed « Old gentleman Shôami at the age of 73 » with kaô 銘  七十三翁正阿彌 (花押)

    Meiji era, early 20th century 明治後期

    CB-OS-1937-92
  16. Tsuba

    Shibuichi, gold inlay 四分一地金象嵌

    Butterflies and spring flowers 蝶春花図

    Signed « Norimoto » with kaô 銘  則本 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1930-454