Tsuba with Fuki Leaf Design, Mumei (Akita Shoami)

寸法

縦 70.0ミリ　横 67.0ミリ　切羽台厚 4.55ミリ

Accessories

桐箱

Weight

重さ 92.5グラム

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Akita Shoami is a school of tosogu kinko that developed throughout the Edo period, originating from Kyoto Shoami kinko who served the Akita domain. Utilizing a variety of techniques such as ji-sukashi, nikubori, and zogan primarily on tetsu-ji, they produced many designs rich in nature including flowering plants, animals, and plants, and are highly evaluated as a representative school of Akita tosogu kinko due to their solid techniques and refined sense of design. This work is an elegant ji-sukashi tsuba with the theme of fuki leaves, skillfully expressing the vitality of nature by arranging three large, rounded fuki leaves and combining them with stems and lovely flowers that stretch as if weaving between them. Delicate kin-zogan is applied to the leaf veins, highlighting the soft texture of the fuki leaves through the contrast with the calm, black lacquer-like shakudo-ji, and the flow of vines continuing to the mimi gives a light rhythm to the entire composition. The solid technical skill can be seen in the form carefully pierced from the thick tetsu-ji, and the finish, which possesses both strength and elegance despite being a botanical pattern, can be said to be a work that well demonstrates the characteristics of Akita Shoami. The state of preservation is good, the shakudo-ji possesses a calm koshoku, and the kin-zogan remains clearly. Fuki has been cherished since ancient times as an auspicious plant symbolizing vigorous vitality, and this work, which stylizes its generous leaf form, possesses high appreciation value not only as a practical tosogu but also as a work of fine art and craft rich in seasonal feeling.