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Description: | Tetsu, nade maru gata, with a thin dote mimi tsuba. The nakago ana has tagane ato and it has a raised seppa dai. It has a sukashi, maru bori design with gold inlay of one of the Seven Gods of Luck, Jurojin. On the floor next to him is a makimono tied to a staff, one of the symbols of Jurojin as is the stag that sits with him. The omote mei reads, Hirochika. The Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Old Fine Art displayed at the Japanese-British Exhibition London 1910 records a Shoami Hirochika. Museum of Fine Arts Boston Japanese Sword Guards by Okabe Kakuya pub 1908 records Hirochika working during the early half of the 19th century. The most probable maker is Hirochika from the Uchikoshi School based on style and subject matter. Also com-pare with the entry for Hirochika from Jolys Shosankenshu.
Iron tsuba,with pierced and carved Shun Lao. | 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 Decorative arts Japanese Decorative Art Japan | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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