"Tsuba" with pilgrim and landscape - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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“Tsuba” with pilgrim and landscape

Kaneye. A follower of. 18th century

8,3 x 0,6 cm

18th century

82/1066

Donación de doña María de Arechavaleta, de la colección de don José Palacio

A round iron tsuba with gold motifs. A high relief portrays a pilgrim taking a rest from his journey, in a simplified landscape with a tree. The landscape continues on the reverse, with a barely hinted-at lake, a cabin and some birds in flight. The artist¿s signature is clear: «Kaneye, when he lived in Fushimi, province of Yamashiro». Although Kaneye lived in the 16th and 17th centuries, his style of landscape remained in vogue until the 19th century, with the same signature being added to the works. From the style and technique, this tsuba would appear to be a later work. (Fernando García Gutiérrez, 2008)

Selected bibliography

  • Arte japonés y japonismo [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2014. pp. 164, 507, 509-511, 513, 515-516, 520, n° cat. 28.
  • Caeiro Izquierdo, Luis. La Cultura Samurai : armas japonesas en las colecciones españolas [tesis inédita]. Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1991.
  • García Gutiérrez, Fernando. "Tsuba : Japoniako zaldunen ezaugarri bat. Tsuba bilduma Bilboko Arte Eder Museoan = Un signo distintivo de los caballeros de Japón. Colección de tsuba en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao = The Mark of the Kinghts of Japan. The Tsuba Collection at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum", B'07 : Buletina = Boletín = Bulletin, n° 3. 2008. pp. 101-159.
  • Sala Ivars, Marcos Andrés. "Estudio y catalogación de las colecciones públicas de sables japoneses en el País Vasco", Ars Bilduma, n. 11. 2021. p. 75.