Iron marugata tsuba – Chrysanthemum petals and cherry blossom flower

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A marugata iron tsuba decorated in sukashi with chrysanthemum petals and a cherry blossom.

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Description

A marugata iron tsuba decorated in sukashi with chrysanthemum petals and a cherry blossom.

Considered as the most noble of flowers, the Emperor of Japan used the chrysanthemum as a symbol since the Kamakura period; it has no official existence since the 1947 constitution, but continues to be widely used.

Period
Middle of Edo
Height
8,1 cm

Galerie Espace 4

9 rue Mazarine
75006 Paris – France
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