{"id":1080,"date":"2023-02-16T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T03:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T03:21:41","slug":"tsuba-with-openwork-carving-of-boars-eyes-on-four-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"<em>Tsuba <\/em>with openwork carving of boars\u2019 eyes on four sides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inscription (front): Made by My\u014dchin Muneyoshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inscription (reverse): August, first year of Man\u2019en era&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By My\u014dchin Muneyoshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1860 (Man\u2019en 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donated by the Homma family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sword guard features the <em>inome <\/em>(boars\u2019 eye) motif carved on all four sides. Resembling heart shapes, this decorative element often features on Japanese armour and weaponry, including sword mounts and arrowheads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honesty, directness, determination \u2014 these traits are commonly associated with the boar as well as those born under this zodiac year, as a boar charges at its target with a ferocious single-mindedness. Today, the boar as a symbol has shed some of its fierce reputation, and is perceived to both attract good fortune and shield against bad luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My\u014dchin Muneyoshi (date of birth and death unknown) was a master craftsperson of the Sakai family in the Sh\u014dnai district. He was a member of the Sh\u014dnai My\u014dchin School, a branch of the highly respected My\u014dchin school of armourers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inscription (front): Made by My\u014dchin Muneyoshi Inscription (reverse): August, first year of Man\u2019en era&nbsp; B&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}