Ein Boot unter dem Mond
A Boat under the Moon, Tsuneshige
A tsuba of sentoku with rounded corners, signed Tsuneshige with a second column of characters beside it. A figure in a long robe patterned with clouds stands in a boat at the right edge and leans on a pole. The face is smooth and smiling, the hair bound up, the head bare. Chrysanthemum flowers open above the central opening. Waves curl under the hull. At the top a silver moon breaks through a band of cloud. On the back an old pine leans over the water under the same moon.
Who stands in the boat is still open. The boat women of Asazuma on Lake Biwa, a common subject of the period, usually appear in the cap and wide robes of a male court dancer (The Met). This figure wears no cap and holds a punting pole, so that reading does not fit well. The tsuba comes from the collection of Alan Hartman in New York and is at present in Japan, on its way from the United States. Its page follows on its arrival.
This guard is one of eight signed Tsuneshige in the collection. They are set side by side, with what they share and where they differ, on a page of their own.
Tsuba. Signiert Tsuneshige. Sentoku, takabori mit iroe, Mond in gin. Figur im Boot unter dem Mond; Rückseite Kiefer unter dem Mond. Mittlere Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, zuvor Sammlung Alan Hartman, New York. Seite in Vorbereitung.
In the collection
- Type
- Tosogu › Tsuba
- School
- Nara › Tsuneshige
- Period
- Edo-Zeit › Mittlere Edo-Zeit
- Material
- Sentoku
- Motif
- Mensch und Legende
