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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.
Publications online: 1264 objects
Tsuba with fukiyose, or autumn debris
-
Literature notes
Autumn débris (fukiyose design) - a twig of oak with two leaves and acorns, a maple and a Salisburia leaf, a pine-cone and two needles, the last, with the twig, serving as the border; many touches of gold nunome.
Signed: CHNJ Sakunoshin Tomohisa (compare No.351 [EAX.10351], but not nearly so bold a signature as on that example).
Guards of this design are fairly common, being often found with "signatures" of artists of various schools (e.g., Seiriūken Yeiju - probably bogus). -
Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and gold nunome-zōgan decoration
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 7.2 cm (height x width)
- Material index
-
processed material › metal › iron,
- Technique index
-
cut,
- Object type index
-
arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.10353
-
Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 353
Glossary (2)
nunome-zōgan, tsuba
-
nunome-zōgan
Decorative application of metal sheeting (generally of gold or silver) where the iron ground is first cross-hatched and the metal burnished on.
-
tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
-
- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
-
The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Autumn débris (fukiyose design) - a twig of oak with two leaves and acorns, a maple and a Salisburia leaf, a pine-cone and two needles, the last, with the twig, serving as the border; many touches of gold nunome.
Signed: CHNJ Sakunoshin Tomohisa (compare No.351 [EAX.10351], but not nearly so bold a signature as on that example).
Guards of this design are fairly common, being often found with "signatures" of artists of various schools (e.g., Seiriūken Yeiju - probably bogus).
Notice
Object information may not accurately reflect the actual contents of the original publication, since our online objects contain current information held in our collections database. Click on 'buy this publication' to purchase printed versions of our online publications, where available, or contact the Jameel Study Centre to arrange access to books on our collections that are now out of print.
© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum