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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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.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 decaying aoi, or hollyhock leaf

  • Literature notes

    Modelled in very sharp relief as a single aoi leaf pointing to the right, the rh. and other holes representing the results of decay; the long stem curves in a complete circle to form the rounded border. Signed: Yoshinaga [Japanese text] Mito no jū (sic, in that order).

    A guard in the Victoria and Albert Museum of similar, but not identical design, is signed by this artist in the same way.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Material and technique
    iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
    Dimensions
    7.7 x 7.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    cut,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.11002
  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1002

Glossary

tsuba

  • 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)

    Modelled in very sharp relief as a single aoi leaf pointing to the right, the rh. and other holes representing the results of decay; the long stem curves in a complete circle to form the rounded border. Signed: Yoshinaga [Japanese text] Mito no jū (sic, in that order).

    A guard in the Victoria and Albert Museum of similar, but not identical design, is signed by this artist in the same way.
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