A pair of inlaid iron abumi (stirrups)
Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Of typical form, each inlaid on the front with an identical design of repeated stylised foliate and geometric motifs among foliage in flat silver relief, the underside with scattered sasa rindo (gentian flowers), the interior red-lacquered; each stirrup signed on the front for the inlay Kanazawa no ju Yazaemon Nagatsugu saku (Made by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa). 24.5cm x 26cm (9 5/8in x 10¼in). (2).
Known as an inlay master, Nagatsugu was a retainer of the Maeda Daimyo of Kanazawa and is recorded in Inaba Tsuryu, Soken Kisho, Osaka, Suhara Mohei et al., 1781, vol.4, p.18; and by Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, p.1299, H.06531.
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Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Of typical form, each inlaid on the front with an identical design of repeated stylised foliate and geometric motifs among foliage in flat silver relief, the underside with scattered sasa rindo (gentian flowers), the interior red-lacquered; each stirrup signed on the front for the inlay Kanazawa no ju Yazaemon Nagatsugu saku (Made by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa). 24.5cm x 26cm (9 5/8in x 10¼in). (2).
Known as an inlay master, Nagatsugu was a retainer of the Maeda Daimyo of Kanazawa and is recorded in Inaba Tsuryu, Soken Kisho, Osaka, Suhara Mohei et al., 1781, vol.4, p.18; and by Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, p.1299, H.06531.
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