Tsuba in the Cleveland Museum of Art

[Spartancrest]

Just released a new book on the "Tsuba in the Cleveland Museum of Art"  The book is 344 pages with 310 guards in total, with a few comparison examples found in other museum or private collections. So far available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. [I have to say I am not impressed with Amazon's price] Let me say thank you to a number of NMB members who were of great assistance with information. 

https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=ISBN%3A+9781006769788&ref=nb_sb_noss

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tsuba-in-the-cleveland-museum-of-art-d-r-raisbeck/1139857558?ean=9781006769788

An even cheaper priced book seller, with the Cleveland collection. https://www.discoverbooks.com/Tsuba-in-the-Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-D-R-Raisbeck-p/1006769781.htm

also  Abe-books https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Tsuba in the Cleveland Museum of Art&sts=t

The book is also available in Hardcover but as yet does not appear on the book sites. Please send me a PM and I will seek out the cheapest option if you are interested.

[cdrcm12]

Hi Dale,

Received my copy last week from Amazon. Very pleased with it.

I've used the museum website in the past for reference but it's nice to have a book in hand.

Hope the sale of it goes well.

[Spartancrest]

Hi Colin you must have got in early, I have only had mine for two weeks!  I found one mistake got past me, there is a soft metal guard 1919.356 on page 127 that says it is iron which it clearly is not. If you check the museums site, that is where the mistake came from. But I still should have at least commented on the wrong description.  

Not a perfect book, but alright for basic reference - Since I started it, I have seen so many utsushi, I could have made a book of duplicate copies!

In fact a poor cast copy just sold of number 1919.522  page 293 tonight  https://www.jauce.com/auction/d520766334  like I said it is a very poor copy.

[GRC]

It amazes me how little information is provided with the tsuba in a lot of the museum collections.

Unless the collections were all mostly donated, then why would they procure so many tsuba without categorizing or identifying the schools, describing the motifs and explaining cultural relevance etc.

Isn't the goal of a museum to preserve historic items and educate the public about them?

 

These Cleveland Museum books look like they'll be a refreshing change :)

Thanks for putting those together Dale 

 

Colin, I completely agree about referencing... nice to have a book in hand sometimes.

My order should be arriving any day now.

[Steves87]

Got mine already too, Dale has done an excellent job with this. The added info is great and the little sketches here and there are relevant and a very nice touch also.