IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169096
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.146-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Iron tsuba. Mokko shape. This represents a scene towards the end of the life of the famous poetess, Ononokomachi. A famous beauty in her younger days, the shibuichi poetess, is seen seated on the one-end of a fallen pillar, sotobu, partly portrayed on each of the two sides, susuki, growing by her. Her clothes are partly gilt, while her gilt bamboo (or rice straw) hat, rests on the ground full of flowers. The scene is autumn (from the plants shown) and two kaniare are flying about in the light of a crescent moon, silver. Signature: Yasuchika Masachika
title:	tsuba

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169096





TECHNIQUES
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gilding

CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting

DATING
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CREATORS
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maker: Masachika

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8