Description

This is a Shonai school tsuba from the mid to late Edo period. It depicts a scene from the Tale of Genji, specifically the Yugao chapter, with Genji carriages, Yugao flowers, and two butterflies. The tsuba features a brass hammered ground with sukidashi carving and openwork, along with inlaid colored enamel and a sukidashi-carved rim.

源氏物語(夕顔)図鍔(鐔) 無銘 庄内
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源氏物語(夕顔)図鍔(鐔) 無銘 庄内

Tsuba

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School

Shonai

Era

Edo

About the school

Shonai School庄内派

Dealer

Choshuya

ginza.choshuya.co.jp

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