Japan

Room 10

Sword fittings 刀装具

Case 3

Apart from the official Gotô 後藤 school (drawer 2), a number of independent workshops, known as machibori 町彫, set up during the Edo period in the capital and the main urban centers such as Kyôto. Freed from the constraints imposed by the court of the shôgun, these artisans could make full use of coloured inlay effects (iroe 色绘), and considerably widened the repertoire of decorative motifs used on sword fittings.

Ishiguro School 石黒派

  1. Tsuba, mokkô shape 木瓜形鐔

    Shakudô nanako 赤銅魚子地

    Crows and flowering cherry 烏桜図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masa’aki » avec kaô 銘  石黒政明 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1402
  2. Kozuka 小柄

    Shakudô nanako with shibuichi, silver and gold inlay 赤銅魚子地四分一金銀象嵌

    Mandarin ducks on a snowy bank 雪に鴛鴦図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masa’aki » avec kaô  銘  石黒政明 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1405
  3. Kozuka 小柄

    Shakudô nanako, iroe inlay 赤銅魚子地色絵象嵌

    Eagle in a pine tree, with rising sun 松上鷹に旭日図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masayoshi » avec kaô 銘  石黒政義 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1475
  4. Kozuka 小柄

    Shakudô nanako, iroe inlay 赤銅魚子地色絵象嵌

    Phaesants 雉図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masa’aki » avec kaô  銘  石黒政明 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1403
  5. Fuchi-kashira  緣頭

    Shakudô nanako, with gold and silver inlay 赤銅魚子地金銀象嵌

    Eagle ona rock ; plovers (chidori) and waves 石上鷹、波千鳥図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masa’aki » avec kaô   銘  石黒政明 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1411/1412



    Akao School, Echizen 越前赤尾派
  6. Tsuba 鐔

    Shakudô, gold and silver inlay 赤銅金銀平象嵌

    Tsuzumi and other drums 鼓図

    Signed « Echizen no kuni Akao Jimbei saku » 銘  越前国赤尾甚兵衛作

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-254



    Kaga
    School 加賀

  7. Tsuba 鐔

    Shakudô, iroe inlay 赤銅色絵平象嵌

    Autumn plants and insects 秋草虫図

    Signed « Masamitsu tsui » 銘  政光槌

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-310

  8. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold and silver inlay 赤銅金銀平象嵌

    Wild geese on background of waves 落雁図

    Unsigned 無銘

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-323
  9. Tsuba

    Shakudô, iroe inlay 赤銅色絵平象嵌

    The Thirty-Six Poets 三十六歌仙

    Gold seal 金印

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-318
  10. Tsuba in shape of folded fan 鐔

    Shakudô, incrustations iroe 赤銅色絵平象嵌

    The Six Poets 六歌仙

    Unsigned 無銘

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-319



    Shôami School of Akita 秋田正阿弥派
  11. Tsuba 鐔

    Shibuichi, gold inlay 四分一地金平象嵌

    The Buddhist Wheel of the Law 輪法

    Signed « Dewa Akita no jû Shôami Dembei » 銘  出羽秋田住正阿弥伝兵衛

    Edo period, late 17th – early 18th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末~18世紀初)

    CB-OS-1964-113



    Ishiguro School (continued) 石黒派
  12. Tsuba

    Shakudô nanako, relief iroe inlay

    Squirrels and grapes 葡萄栗鼠図

    Signed « Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi » with kaô 銘  壽岳斎石黒政義 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1468

  13. Fuchi-kashira 緣頭

    Shakudô nanako, gold and shibuichi inlay 赤銅魚子地金、四分一象嵌

    Squirrels and grapes 葡萄栗鼠図

    Signed « Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi no tagane » 銘  壽岳斎石黒政義の鏨

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1472
  14. Kozuka 小柄

    Shakudô nanako, gold inlay 赤銅魚子地金象嵌

    Swallows, bridges, and irises (yatsuhashi) 燕八橋図

    Signed « Ishiguro Moritsune » with kaô 銘  石黒盛常 (花押)

    Edo period, early 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1388
  15. Kozuka 小柄

    Gold with nanako ground 金魚子地

    Three pigeons in flight 鳩図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masachika » with kaô 銘  石黒政近 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1421
  16. Fuchi-kashira 緣頭

    Shakudô nanako, iroe inlay 赤銅魚子地色絵象嵌

    Eagle on a rock ; plovers (chidori) and waves 石上鷹、波千鳥図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masa’aki » with kaô  銘  石黒政明 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1412
  17. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold inlay 赤銅金象嵌

    Chrysanthemum flowers 菊花図

    Signed « Ishiguro Masayoshi » with kaô 銘  石黒政義 (花押)

    Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期

    CB-OS-1964-1452



    Sendai School        仙台派

  18. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold inlay 赤銅金線象嵌

    Military fans 軍扇図

    Signed « Sendai no jû Kiyosada » 銘  仙臺住清定

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-2061 (paired with no. 22)
  19. Fuchi-kashira 緣頭

    Shibuichi, with copper and gold thread inlay 四分一地金、銅線象嵌

    Floral motifs of foreign origin 洋式花図

    Signed « Kiyoyuki » with kaô 銘  清随 (花押)

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-2068
  20. Fuchi-kashira 緣頭

    Sakudô, gold thread inlay 赤銅金線象嵌

    Eagles in pine trees 松上鷹図

    Signed « Sendai Kiyosada saku » 銘  仙臺清定作

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-2064
  21. Fuchi-kashira 緣頭

    Shibuichi, with gold, silver and shakudô inlay 四分一地赤銅、金、銀象嵌

    Mount Fuji 富嶽図

    Signed « Sendai Kiyosada saku » 銘  仙臺清定作

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-2065
  22. Tsuba

    Shakudô, gold thread inlay 赤銅金線象嵌

    Military fans 軍扇図

    Signed « Sendai no jû Kiyosada » 銘  仙臺住清定

    Edo period, late 17th century 江戸初~中期 (17世紀末)

    CB-OS-1964-2062 (paired with no. 18)