School

Tsuneshige

Museum catalogues know the name in two forms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists Kawamura Tsuneshige of the Nara school, active in the late eighteenth century. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, files guards under a Tsuneshige sub-school of the Nara line.

3 pieces

Brass tsuba by Tsuneshige in a rounded square with a rim of shakudo and silver: an old man seated on rocks at the right holds a long fishing rod over a winding stream, with leafy branches above.Der geteilte RandTsuneshige · Tsuba · Shinchu · Edo-Zeit · NBTHK HozonTsuba by Tsuneshige: a seated figure lifts a bowl while a dragon moves through clouds along the upper edge.Der Drache aus der SchaleTsuneshige · Tsuba · Sentoku · Edo-ZeitAridoshi tsuba in sentoku under a reddish patina: an old man in a black cap walks through slanting rain under a large paper umbrella, a lantern in his hand; at the left an upright post rises past a pine.Ein Licht im RegenTsuneshige · Tsuba · Sentoku · Edo-Zeit