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Title: [Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc.]
Image ID: 819579
Image ID 819579
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Material Type: Photographic prints
Subjects: Decoration And Ornament -- Japan
Book Illustrations
Japan-British Exhibition (1910 : London, England)
Sword Guards -- Japan
Animals -- Japan
Metalwork -- Japan
Fuchigashira
Kozuka
Menuki
Notes: Numbers (292-293, 959, 966-967, 973, 983) printed on image. Items nos. 959, 967 and 983 are tsuba (sword guards); nos. 966 and 973 are fuchigashira (cap and ring located on the handle of a sword); nos. 962 is kozuka (knife grip); no. 963 is menuki (decoration). Inscription on sword guards: "Yasuchika" (no. 967); "Kinokuni Nakamura Ikkô, Tsunechika" (no. 983). Spots on bottom border.
Date Published: [1911?]
Barcode Number: 33333159305032
Struc ID: 592919
Source: An illustrated catalogue of Japanese old fine arts, displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910 : compiled by the office of the Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Design -- Japanese   View All images from Folder

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