Tsuba
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Maker
content: Iwamoto Konkwan, Japanese, 1755 – 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This iron and shakudo (copper and gold alloy) tsuba is oval in shape and has a kakunikumimi (high relief rim). The surface shows nanako (a punched pattern of dots) and is decorated with iroyo takabori (high relief carving), and taka zogan (high relief inlay). The motif is a daisho (big -little) type scene with Ebisu, the god of fishermen and luck, with a sea bream. At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished).
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of George Cameron Stone
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1936-4-642
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Tsuba
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shakudo (alloy of copper and gold), nanako (surface texture of tiny knobs), takazogan (relief inlay)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 77 × 72 × 8 cm (30 5/16 × 28 3/8 × 3 1/8 in.)