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Description: | Akagane, nademokko gata, sukidashi mimi tsuba, the nakago ana has tagane ato. The hira has a nashiji ishime ground with a relief design of three flying geese and bushes in shakudo and gold. A river has been cut into the hira. The ura has a single takabori bush. Geese are symbolic of the male aspect. They also form part of the folklore of Japan. The General Takenori watched a flight of geese which seemed about to land and which suddenly changed direction. Their action revealed the concealed position of his enemy. Because of his observation of the geese, he was able to out flank his enemy and defeat him. The mei reads: Naoshige. This artist was the founder of the Tetsugendo School of tsuba makers. Tetsugendo translates as the hall of the iron principle. Although iron dominates the work of this school, kinko metals were sometimes used. In his early days he signed himself as Toshiyuki; in the latter part of his career he signed Shoraku. He also used a gold inlay kakihan. His date of birth is unknown, but he died in 1780 so the bulk of his work was produced in the middle of the 18th century.
Copper tsuba with mokko, three geese flying over waves on water and bushes. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Weapons Decorative arts Japanese Decorative Art Birds Water Japan | Temporal: | 1700 - 1799
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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