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Hizen Province

Hizen Province

Hizen Province is now Saga Prefecture. This province was governed separately, such as Saga area by the Nabeshima daimyo family (330 koku of rice), Hirato area by the Matsuura daimyo family, Karatsu area by the Doi and Mizuno daimyo families. The Jakushi family at Saga and the Yagami school at Yagami are well-known as good tsuba craftsmen. And, in Nagasaki where was singular port opened to overseas during the Edo period, the peculiar tsuba that were imitated Chinese sword guard became fashionable. This style of tsuba is called "Nanban-Tsuba".



Jakushi

There are several theories about Jakushi in Saga Province.
Though, it is estimated that two Jakushi existed around the same time who shared the same surname "Kawamura".
Jakushi who found his calling in painting was born as a son of Samurai belonged to the Ryuzoji daimyo family. He went to Nagasaki and studied painting with Chinese Buddhist monk Itsuzen of the Suifuku-Ji Temple. Therefore, the painter Jakushi was good at painting Chinese style Buddhistic drawings or flowers & birds pictures or landscape pictures.
The other Jakushi whose given name is Kizaemon existed around the same time of the painter Jakushi.
The metal-carving craftsman Jakushi studied how to paint and how to produce sword guards under the painter Jakushi.
The Jakushi school for tsuba making continued for several generations from the founder "Kizaemon".
Craftsmen of this school were good at expressing bamboo, landscapes, rising dragons and others in Nunome-Zogan inlay on iron round plates.
Every head of this school inscribed "Jakushi" in running Kanji style on his pieces of works.
[ Tetsu-Ji Maru-Gata Kin-Zogan Tsuba ] Jakushi
[ Tetsu-Ji Maru-Gata Kin-Zogan Tsuba]
Inscribed " Jakushi "
The Edo period





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