Der Krieger unter der Kiefer

Yasumasa · Kozuka · Shakudo · Edo-Zeit

A Warrior with a Spear, Yasumasa

The Yasumasa kozuka: a bearded warrior in armour with gold fittings holds a long spear upright, a smaller figure below him, a pine with round clusters of needles above.

A Yasumasa kozuka of shakudo. Toward the lower end stands a warrior in full armour, raised high from the ground, his beard cut in fine lines. He holds a long spear upright beside him. Gold marks the fittings of his armour and the shaft of the spear. Below his shoulder a second, smaller figure looks up, lower in relief. Above them a pine spreads its needles in round clusters, and fine branches hang down beside it.

The back is plain shakudo. Near the lower end it is signed 保政, Yasumasa, with a kao.

An earlier version of this page read the smaller figure as a kneeling scholar. The kozuka names neither of them, and the collection leaves the subject open.

The plain back of the kozuka, signed Yasumasa with a kao near the lower end.
Detail of the warrior held in the hand: helmet, beard and armour raised from the shakudo, gold on the shoulder plates and the shaft of the spear.

Kozuka. Signiert Yasumasa mit Kao. Shakudo, takabori mit iroe in kin, kebori. Krieger mit Speer unter der Kiefer. Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, erworben in Europa.

In the collection

Type
Tosogu › Kozuka
Period
Edo-Zeit
Material
Shakudo
Motif
Mensch und Legende

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