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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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.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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Tsuba with chrysanthemums, asters, and chestnutsfront

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Tsuba with chrysanthemums, asters, and chestnuts

  • Literature notes

    Bold modelling and iroye incrustation; on the front, above, a tied bunch of asters and chrsyanthemums, and, below, a spray of chestnut with two burs, one open and showing the nuts; at the back, below, five of the nuts and two sprays of the flowers. Signed: Yokoya [Japanese text] Tomotsune [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded, but evidently connected with Nagatsune and his pupil Tsunenao.)

    Fine work.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Material and technique
    shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, and iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
    Dimensions
    6.8 x 6.3 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
    processed material › metal › copper
    Technique index
    forged,
    decorated › punched,
    marked › punched,
    covered › inlaid,
    filled › plugged
    Object type index
    arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.11113

  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1113

Glossary (2)

shakudō, tsuba

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • 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)

    Bold modelling and iroye incrustation; on the front, above, a tied bunch of asters and chrsyanthemums, and, below, a spray of chestnut with two burs, one open and showing the nuts; at the back, below, five of the nuts and two sprays of the flowers. Signed: Yokoya [Japanese text] Tomotsune [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded, but evidently connected with Nagatsune and his pupil Tsunenao.)

    Fine work.
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