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Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人) ,
18th–19th century

Kitagawa Sōten 喜多河宗典, style of, active late 17th - 18th century

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868 | Meiji era, 1868–1912

y1939-6

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人)

Dates

18th–19th century

Maker

Kitagawa Sōten 喜多河宗典

Medium

Marubori ("carving in the round") iron with gold incrustation

Dimensions

h. 7.8 cm., w. 7.6 cm., d. 0.7 cm. (3 1/16 x 3 x 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number

y1939-6

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription

Signed: 藻柄子入道宗典製 "Sōheishi Nyudo Sōten tsukuru"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

metalworking, swords, tsuba

Materials

gold, iron

Subject

clouds, men, board games, philosophers, swordsmiths, pine trees, figures (representations)

Tsuba (sword guard): fives sages among trees and clouds

Cary Y. Liu, "Asian Art Collection: From Exotica to Art and History," in "An Art Museum for Princeton: The Early Years", special issue, <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 55, no. 1/2 (1996): 125–134., p. 127, fig. 4

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Meiji era (1868–1912), Kitagawa Sōten 喜多河宗典, style of (active late 17th - 18th century), Tsuba (sword guard): five sages among trees and cloud (鍔、仙人) , 18th–19th century. Marubori ("carving in the round") iron with gold incrustation; 7.8 x 7.6 x 0.7 cm. Gift of Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (y1939-6) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/20822

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