Room 36 | Japan from 1850 gallery
Explore the major technical and creative developments in arts and crafts of Japan after 1850 and visit the Ashmolean's tea house.
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Tsuba with crab
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- sentoku and shakudō, inlaid with gold; shakudō rim; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 7.1 x 0.8 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
- Technique index
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.2672
Glossary (3)
sentoku, shakudō, tsuba
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sentoku
A kind of brass made from an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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Second floor | Room 36 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 36 | Japan
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