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Description: | This Choshu style tetsu, nademaru gata tsuba has kaku mimi. The nakago ana has sekigane and tagane ato. It has only a kozuka hitsu ana. The omote has a takabori design is of an old man leaning on a tree watching a small boy chase a crane who is startled by him. The design is enhanced by the addition of gold highlighting. The ura continues the tree branches from the omote and adds a thick trunk which is sprouting but appears to have three mushrooms growing on it. The style is reminiscent Umetada School.
Tsuba depicting an old man standing by a tree and a small boy chasing a crane. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Man Weapons Trees Decorative arts Japanese Decorative Art Birds Children Japan | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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