Tsuba: Akasaka – Design of musashino with karigane
Signature/mei: Unsigned
Material: Iron
Era/jidai: Edo
Dimension(h/w/d): 76.5 x 75.9 x 6.35 mm
Price: €990 / $1090 / ¥160000
Sukashi tsuba with the famous “Musashino” motif. A great battle was fought in the fields of Musashino (near Tokyo). Typically, this design only shows some blades of grass with raindrops or morning dew, suggesting the aftermath of the great battle. In some more rustic or aggressive designs, even bones or skulls are shown.
On this Edo period tsuba, we also find drops of water on the grass and in addition, karigane flying over the field. A very nice interpretation of Musashino.
