NihontoWatchNihontoWatch笹に井桁とは、名水、名酒を連想させる画題である。表側に笹、裏側は井桁と表裏の図柄が異なるのは大いなる間鐔の特徴。予め紋様を彫り込んだ鉄地に銅と錫を主体とした合金を溶かして流し込む砂張象嵌は、光線の具合で紋様の見え方が変わるところが面白い。手に持って角度を変えながら眺めれば、時に沈み、時にはっきりと浮かび上がる。鋭く艶やかな笹の葉と画面中央近くに大胆に据えられた井桁では砂張の表現手法も異なる。井桁の象嵌の、地表に流れ出て冷え固まった溶岩のような激しい凹凸は迫力満点。視覚と触覚両方で感じて鑑賞してほしい。間は伊勢国亀山の鐔工。この地には江州国友村の鉄砲鍛冶やその関連の工人が移住して銃身製作の技術を生かし、特徴的な砂張象嵌の鐔を創始したという。
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The Hazama school (Hazama-ha 間派), also known as the Kameyama tsuba makers, emerged in the castle town of Kameyama in Ise Province from around the Genroku era (1688-1704). The school's founders were members of the Kunitomo (国友) family, originally matchlock gunsmiths (teppou kaji) who had lived in Omi Province. "[[c:2]] Works bear either the single-character signature "間" (Ma) or personal names such as Kunitomo Sadaei and Masaei (正栄), linking the school's named artisans to a shared workshop tradition rooted in the military metalworking crafts of the Kunitomo lineage. The Hazama school's defining contribution is sahari-zougan (佐波理象嵌), an inlay technique employing sahari, a distinctive alloy of copper, tin, and lead.
"[[c:4]] Techniques attested across the corpus include suemon-zougan (applied inlay), takabori takanikubori (high-relief carving) in shakudou, hira-zougan (flat inlay), and the yakite kusarashi (fired and corroded) surface treatment. "[[c:5]] The Hazama school occupies a singular position within the broader kinko tradition as the only lineage to have applied sahari inlay to tsuba production. " The school's origin as firearms craftsmen who transferred their metalworking mastery to a peaceful art form, and their creation of a decorative vocabulary without parallel elsewhere in tsuba production, secure their place as one of the most distinctive regional schools of the mid-Edo period. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Masahide正秀 | — | 3 |
| Sadahide貞秀 | — | 3 |
| Masataka正孝 | — | 0 |
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