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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.

The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with inscription in cursive script

  • Literature notes

    Mokkō; edge slightly hammered up; irregular, but highly polished surface; in low relief round the edge of the front (and continued on to the back) is an inscription in bold cursive characters; sharply cut udenuki holes, one square.

    Signed Kashū Kinjō no jū ("resident of Kanazawa in Kaga province") Suzuki [Japanese characters] Yoshinori [Japanese characters], with kakihan [Japanese text] (compare to no. 91) [EAX.10091].

    Hawkshaw Collection, no.2961. H.L.Joly in the Hawkshaw Catalogue, backed by the opinions of several Japanese experts, regards the inscription as illegible.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Artist/maker
    Suzuki Yoshinori (active 19th century) (metalworker)
    Myōchin School (active 16th - 19th century) (armourer)
    Material and technique
    iron, with hammered-up edge, and polished surface (migaki-ji); tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
    Dimensions
    8.9 x 8.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.10070
  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 70

Glossary

tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Mokkō; edge slightly hammered up; irregular, but highly polished surface; in low relief round the edge of the front (and continued on to the back) is an inscription in bold cursive characters; sharply cut udenuki holes, one square.

    Signed Kashū Kinjō no jū ("resident of Kanazawa in Kaga province") Suzuki [Japanese characters] Yoshinori [Japanese characters], with kakihan [Japanese text] (compare to no. 91) [EAX.10091].

    Hawkshaw Collection, no.2961. H.L.Joly in the Hawkshaw Catalogue, backed by the opinions of several Japanese experts, regards the inscription as illegible.
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