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Tsuba depicting Mount Fuji and six flying geese

Glossary (3)

nunome-zōgan, shakudō, 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.

  • 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)

    On the front the peak of Mount Fuji (snow-cap in silver), with clouds, water, pagoa and pine-trees; at the back, continuation with six wild-geese flying downwards. Signed with a gilt seal character [? Japanese text, Ya) within an octagon.

    The whole design represents one of the Eight Views of Lake Ōmi, viz., Katata no rakugan, "Homing Geese at Katata".

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