Der Mann mit dem Affen
A Monkey Trainer on an Iron Ground
A round iron tsuba, almost bare. Only at the right edge does a figure appear: an old man in a patterned jacket, a staff in his hand, a small monkey clinging below him. He is worked in relief in copper, gold and dark metal, and he looks back over his shoulder. A slope of grass, cut in line, runs down under his feet.
The tsuba is unsigned. Its appearence reminds me of the Mito school. It comes from the collection of Alan Hartman in New York and is in Japan at present. Its page follows on its return.
Tsuba. Mumei. Tetsu, takabori mit iroe in suaka, kin und shakudo. Sarumawashi-zu. Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, zuvor Sammlung Alan Hartman, New York. Seite in Vorbereitung.
In the collection
- Type
- Tosogu › Tsuba
- Period
- Edo-Zeit
- Material
- Tetsu
- Motif
- Mensch und Legende
