1) 鐔 花桐の図 無銘 赤城軒元孚
Design: Paulownia flower |
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2) 寸法：縦 81.0×横75.0×厚さ4.5 (mm)
解説：桐は災禍を除く樹として考えられ、また、治世の瑞兆とされる鳳凰が棲むとされ神聖視されている。
そのことからも、菊紋と共に、由緒ある紋所として皇室では使用されている。
見事に鍛えられた地鉄、金・銀・赤銅象嵌の上手な配置、さらに左右の櫃穴は桐の影透かし等にてまとめ
上げられており、水戸の名工「赤城軒元孚」の作と思われる優雅な名鐔である。江戸時代中期(1785年頃)。
「欧州から帰って来た鐔」PartⅡ(伊波富彦著、1971年発行)所載。(P.65)
Design: Paulownia flower
Kiri, Paulownia tree is regarded as a sacred tree which protect from disaster,
and phoenix
that appears only in peaceful period dwells in it. In the Imperial family,
it has been used as a noble family crest from old time as well as Kiku-mon,
chrysanthemum crest.
It is also known as a family crest of great Samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
who unified
Japan in 16th century.
It is attributed to Sekijoken Motozane who is famous maker in Mito.
The fine forged iron plate inlaid with gold, silver and Shakudo (alloy
of gold with copper etc.)
is an excellent work. Edo period, circa 1785.
Illustrated on “Tsuba, Coming back from Europe” PartⅡ, written by Inami Tomihiko in 1971. (P.65)
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2) 鐔 韓信股くぐり図)
Design of Kanshin no mata-kuguri |
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2) 鐔 韓信股くぐり図
縦83.0×横77.5×厚さ5.0(mm)
韓信は中国・前漢時代(前200年頃)に漢の天下統一に功績を挙げた大将軍である。
本画題は、韓信が青年時代に無頼漢に絡まれ、「股をくぐれば許してやる」という
難題に、耐え忍びながら股をくぐり解決を図ったという故事。
大志のある者は目先の小事には忍耐を持って争わないという有名な訓えである。
江戸時代中期。
Design of Kanshin no mata-kuguri, Kanshin’s patience,
is a famous historical event in China.
Kanshin is the great general who was employed by Ryuho
(the first emperor of former Han dynasty, B.C.202.).
In his youth, ruffians tried to pick a quarrel with him on a street. One ruffian said
"Crawl between my legs if you want to walk along this street".
He got angry and tried to kill the ruffians using own sword.
But he tried to calm oneself down, crawled between the legs with patience.
His behavior shows “Thinking about the entirety of something without being bogged down
by its particulars”. This is a precept for a person who has high ambitious. 18th century.
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4) 目貫 桐紋三双図 無銘 古金工
Design: Paulownia crest with 5-7-5 flowers by Ko-kinko which mean metal worker in 16th century. |
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寸法：左) 縦17.0×横35.0 (mm) 右) 縦17.0×横34.5 (mm)
解説：桐紋は多種あるが、本作の様に3枚の葉の上に、左右に各5つ中央に7つの桐の花を配した
紋所を「五七の桐」と呼ぶ。上品で古風な作柄であり、裏の陰陽根が時代を裏付ける。
桐は菊と同様に皇室で瑞兆として愛用された高貴な植物である。また、慣習として桐紋はたびたび
天皇家から将軍家等へと下賜され、武士にとっては大変な名誉とされた。
桐紋は豊臣秀吉に愛され、豊臣家の紋所とされている。
室町時代後期(16世紀)。保存鑑定書付。
Design: Paulownia crest with 5-7-5 flowers by Ko-kinko which meanmetal
worker in 16th century.
We can see In-yo-kon on the back side which is typical old Menuki style.
This kind of design is called Go (5) Shichi (7) no Kiri.
The imperial family bestowed these crests on the shogunate family in each
period as
a token of allegiance. This customary plays an important part as
a diplomatic tool in those days, and it is a very honor to receive it for
Samurai.
It is also known as family crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who governed all of Japan
in Momoyama period. 16th century. Hozon certificate paper.
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