NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThe Choshu han actively encouraged the production of tsuba in order to export them to other domains and secure financial resources for the han; as a result, Choshu became a place with so many tsubako and works that it was said to be "Choshu in the West" against "Aizu in the East." The style of Choshu tsuba is so diverse that it cannot be generalized, and there are few schools with a single characteristic style, though families such as Kawaji, Nakai, Okamoto, Okada, Kaneko, Nakahara, Fujii, Inoue, and Yaji are relatively famous. Furthermore, many sansui-zu are seen among Choshu tsuba, the source of which lies with the Muromachi period master painter Sesshu; having studied suiboku-ga in Ming China under the patronage of the Shugo Daimyo Ouchi clan who ruled Suo, Nagato, Chikuzen, Buzen, and Hizen, Sesshu settled at the Unkoku-an in Tenka, Yamaguchi upon his return and painted masterpieces including the "Sansui Chokan." That painting style was inherited by Hara Jibei Naoharu (later Unkoku Togan), who was ordered to revive the Sesshu school by the preeminent daimyo of the western provinces, Mori Terumoto, and continued as the Unkoku school until the Bakumatsu. This tsuba features a sansui landscape reminiscent of Chinese paintings masterfully carved into a well-forged tetsu-ji; the expression, which condenses grand nature and a sense of tranquility into a single tsuba, is truly a realm of yugen. The more one gazes at it, the more new scenes emerge, as if being invited into the world of a painting. If fitted to a koshirae, it will further enhance the dignity of the owner, and as a piece for appreciation, it is a work that one will never tire of.
NihontoWatchOffered by Toushin
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