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Subject: samurai warrior
Culture: Japanese
Setting: Edo period, 17th-19thc
Object: sword fittings







* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba)  Shakudō, gold, shibuichi, copper; design of bamboo amid rocks 
Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (1772-after 1851)  Edo period, 19th century"
"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira)  Gold, shakudō, shibuichi, copper  Inscribed by Ishiguro Koreyoshi  Edo period, 19th century"
"Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Shakudō, shibuichi, gold; design of a lily  Inscribed by Juō Masayoshi  Edo period, 19th century"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Fittings for a Pair of Swords
Shakudō, inlaid with gold, silver, and shibuichi; design of rabbits
Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (born (1784)
Edo period, early 19th century
One of Masayoshi's masterpieces, this is a rare complete set of fittings for a daishō (pair of swords)."



* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō, 1780-1843)  Fifteenth-generation Gotō master  Left to right:
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of a lion
Hilt Ornaments (Menuki)  Design of a cock, a hen, and a chick
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of Mount Fuji and a flying crane"




* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)
Design of Suruga Bay, in Shizuoka Prefecture, with a view of Mount Fuji"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Gotō Mistumori (Keijō, 1741-1804)  Fourteenth-generation Gotō master  Left to right:
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of a carp in a stream
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of a wild boar
Hilt Ornaments (Menuki)  Design of a double-edged blade (ken)
Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)  Design of fish"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō, 1722-1784)  Thirteenth-generation Gotō master  Left to right:
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of a saw
Hilt Ornaments (Menuki)  Design of a narcissus
Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a rat"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)
Design of the four signs of good fortune:
tortoise, phoenix, kirin, and dragon"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Gotō Mistumasa (JūJō, 1689-1742)  Twelfth-generation Gotō master  Left to right:
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of an umbrella
Hilt Ornaments (Menuki) Design of a tree peony
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of an incense burner with a lion-shaped handle"




* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)
Design of plum blossoms"




* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Gotō Tsūjō (Mitsunobu, 1664-1721)  Eleventh-generation Gotō master  Left to right:
Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a swan
Grip Ornaments (Menuki)  Design of dragons
Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Design of a river with flowers"



* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)
Design of Tawaratota battling a giant centipede"



* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba) Iron, lacquer, and gold: design of shisi and peonies 
Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century
This tsuba ranks among the finest works of the well-known lacquer artist Joka and is one of the few tsuba that he is known to have made.  The signature identifies both the lacquer artist and Yasuchika as the maker of the original shakudo tsuba, which Joka was commissioned to replicate in lacquer.  This tsuba is important as a fine example of a rare type of work by a noted artist and as a record of the Yasuchika tsuba on which it is based."




* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Iron, inlaid with gold and cloisonné enamel
Inscribed by Hirata Harunari (died 1840)
Edo period,
19th century





* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Shakudō, gold, cloisonné enamel; design of gourds and leaves
Attributed to the Hirata school
Edo period,
18th century"



* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)  Gold, silver, shakudō; design of a chrysanthemum 
Inscribed by Nakagawa Isshō (1829-1876)  Edo period, 19th century"
"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira)  Shakudō, gold, silver, cloisonné enamel; design of cherry blossoms and jewels
Attributed to Hirata Narikado  Edo period, 18th century"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Brass, shakudō, gold, copper;
design of a raindragon (Amaryū)
Inscribed by Nakanori
Edo period,
late 18th-early 19th century"




* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Iron, silver; design of scrolling leaves
Inscribed by Washida Mitsunaka (born 1829)
Edo or Meiji period,
3rd quarter of 19th century"





* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Knife Handle (Kozuka)  Shakudō, gold, cloisonné enamel; design of a lotus flower and a dragonfly 
Attributed to the Hirata school  Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century"
"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira)  Shakudō, cloisonné enamel, mother-of-pearl, gold; design of a butterfly 
Inscribed by Masanori  Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century"


* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword guard (Tsuba)
Shakudō, gold; design of white ants on old wood
Inscribed by Kanō Natsuo (1828-1898) 
Late Edo period, 19th century"



* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Sword guard (Tsuba)
Shakudō, gold, copper, silver; design of peony and butterflies
Inscribed by Omori Shuei
Edo period, 18th century"




* Museu do Oriente













* Museu do Oriente


* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World
"Left row - Top to Bottom
"Shoami school  Tsuba with a peony design,  1600s Iron; shakudo plugs; embedded flat gold inlay (hira-zogan)  Weight: 4 oz." ...
"Signed 'Choshu Hagi ju Tomohisa saku' Tsuba with landscape design, late 1700s-early 1800s  Russeted iron; shakudo  Weight: 2 oz." ...
"Tsuba of sukashi-bori (openwork silhouette) type, 1500s-early 1600s  Iron  Weight: 1 oz." ...
"Heianjo school  Tsuba with hollyhock leaf design, 1600s  Iron, brass, gold; raised and carved inlay (taka-zogan)  Weight: 4 oz. ... Probably Owari school"

"Right row - Top to Bottom
"Signed 'Mito ju Tsujo saku'  Tsuba (sword-guard) with design of the legendary hero Sho Ki chasing a demon, 1700s  Iron; gilding; shakudo (?)  Weight: 3 oz." ...
"Signed 'Sadayoshi'  Tsuba with design of a horse under a weeping willow by a stream, late 1700s-early 1800s  Iron; gold  Weight: 4 oz." ...
"Nanban school Tsuba with dragons, waves and tendrils, 1700s  Iron and gold; openwork with embedded, flat gold inlay (hira-zogan); Weight: 1.5 oz." ...
"Goto School  Tsuba of chrysanthemum shape, bearing the paulownia crests of the Toyotomi family  Shakudo (gold-copper alloy) with nanako ('fish-roe impressions')  Weight 1.5 oz." ...