NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA tsuba by Bansuiken Tadamasa titled "Chofu Tamagawa-zu" in the Hozon Kanteisho. The Chofu Tamagawa-zu depicts a scene where figures beat and bleach cloth by the banks of the Tamagawa (a beautiful river, specifically the Tama River in Musashi Province), as Chofu was originally a place where cloth to be presented to the Imperial Court was produced. It originates from an Azuma-uta poem included in the Man'yoshu: "Tamagawa ni sarasu tezukuri no sarasara ni niso kono ko no kokoda kanashiki (A poem composed about the beauty of a woman bleaching cloth in the Tama River and the passionate love of a man who finds her so dear)." The maker, Bansuiken Tadamasa, was an Aizu kinko from Mutsu Province in the mid-Edo period. Passed the 2024 Hozon Tosogu Shinsa.
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
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| Akiyoshi明義 | 1670 | 1 |
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