YUMYOKEN MASAHIRO: A FINE SUAKA TSUBA WITH TEKKAI SENNIN EXHALING HIS ANIMA, DATED 1860

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By Yumyoken Masahiro, signed Koyo nite konomi ni yori kore o seisu, Yumyoken Masahiro, Man’en gannen toshi aru kanoe-saru hachigatsu
Japan, Koyo region, Yamanashi prefecture, dated 1860

Of kaku-marugata shape with square edges, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, worked in gold, shibuichi, and suaka (refined copper) takazogan and fine kebori engravings, depicting the seated immortal Tekkai, holding his staff and blowing forth his spirit depicted on the verso, walking with its staff. Signed to the front Man’en gannen toshi aru kanoe-saru hachigatsu [The eighth month of the year of Kanoe-saru, the first year of the Man’en era, corresponding to 1860] and to the verso Koyo nite konomi ni yori kore o seisu, Yumyoken Masahiro [Koyo region, in modern Yamanashi Prefecture].

HEIGHT 6.7 cm, LENGTH 6 cm
WEIGHT 120.9 g

Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and typical traces of use.

The artist is listed in Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 864 (H 03997.0).

Museum comparison:
Compare a closely related suaka kaku-marugata tsuba with Gama Sennin and his toad watching the moon, signed Yumyoken Masahiro, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number M.2051-1931.