Tsuba - Harunori 春典作

Description:

Motive: Lobster and lobster catching trap

The Tsuba is originated in Japan and was part of the well known collection of Prof. Dr. Karl Adolf Florenz (1865-1939), who teached german in Japan and returned before WW2 to Germany. He was the first european professor for Japanology within Europe in 1914. The Tsuba collection survived the burndown of his house in 1943 after his death and the collection was kept by his family, later split and sold through several auction houses.

School: probably Fū..sai (風..斎) Harnunori (春典作)

Age: Edo Period Region: unknown

Dimension: Size 67,0 mm x 73,3 mm x 4,3 mm (4,0 mm), 112,3 g

Article Number: T019                                                                                                sold