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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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.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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Lenticular tsuba with shippō diaper of interlaced circlesfront

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Lenticular tsuba with shippō diaper of interlaced circles

  • Literature notes

    Lenticular; both faces and the edge covered with a fine and regular shippō diaper engraved. Signed in the usual flowing cursive script: Seikiūken [Japanese text] Yeiju [Japanese text] with gold-inlaid seal Sei [Japanese text]. (Pupil of Okamoto Naoshige.)

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    possibly late 18th century - early 19th century
    Material and technique
    iron, with engraved decoration
    Dimensions
    7.3 x 7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › iron
    Technique index
    forged,
    printed › intaglio print › engraving
    Object type index
    arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.11105

  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1105

Glossary (2)

shippō, tsuba

  • shippō

    Lit. ‘Eight Treasures’ – cloisonné

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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