Tsuba, sword fitting
Sword-fittings
Japan
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