Der Löwe und sein Junges
A Shishi and its Cub at the Falls
An oval tsuba of silver, its surface engraved in fine line. A shishi stands on a rock at the upper right, its mane curling, and looks down past a waterfall. At the foot of the rock a second, smaller shishi turns back towards it. Pine needles hang from the top, and scalloped waves cover the ground. One hitsu-ana is closed with a plug of dark metal. On the back a single shishi runs beneath a bare tree.
Three characters, 嵩谷画, read “drawn by Sukoku”. Ko Sukoku (1730 to 1804) was a painter who followed Hanabusa Itcho in style, and the inscription names him as the author of the design. The tsuba comes from the collection of Alan Hartman in New York and is in Japan at present. Its page follows on its return.
Tsuba. Inschrift Sukoku ga. Gin, kebori, ein Hitsu-ana mit Shakudo verschlossen. Shishi am Wasserfall; Rückseite laufender Shishi. Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, zuvor Sammlung Alan Hartman, New York. Seite in Vorbereitung.
In the collection
- Type
- Tosogu › Tsuba
- Period
- Edo-Zeit
- Material
- Gin
- Motif
- Drachen und Fabelwesen
