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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.
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Tsuba in the form of a citron with leaves and stem
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Literature notes
Modelled in openwork as a citron with stem and leaves.
Hara gives "Tanzendō Tessai of Kishū, perhaps identical with the Tanzendō Yoshikatsu [Japanese text] who signs a guard in the Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum with date 1813 and another in the Hamburg Museum with date 1817. Wada (p.121) quotes the signature Kōto (i.e. of Kiōto) Tanzendō Tessai as appearing on circular guards of iron in openwork with "square" edges. Neither authority gives the surname Kinoshita, which is found on two guards in the V. and A. M., one dated 1816. -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1st half of the 19th century
- Material and technique
- iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.2 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.10720
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Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 720
Glossary (2)
shakudō, tsuba
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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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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Modelled in openwork as a citron with stem and leaves.
Hara gives "Tanzendō Tessai of Kishū, perhaps identical with the Tanzendō Yoshikatsu [Japanese text] who signs a guard in the Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum with date 1813 and another in the Hamburg Museum with date 1817. Wada (p.121) quotes the signature Kōto (i.e. of Kiōto) Tanzendō Tessai as appearing on circular guards of iron in openwork with "square" edges. Neither authority gives the surname Kinoshita, which is found on two guards in the V. and A. M., one dated 1816.
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