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Tsuba with cherry blossoms

Glossary (3)

kozuka, shakudō, tsuba

  • kozuka

    The handle that holds the small knife called the kogatana.

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • 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)

    Rounded oblong; encrusted in silver (and a little gold) with a detached branch of cherry-blossom and a few fallen flowers and petals. Signed: Senshinken [Japanese text] Motoyoshi [Japanese text], with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded, and perhaps rather Sekijōken work, Group XLIV.)

    A fuchi-kashira (upper and lower scabbard-mounts) en suite with this guard was given by Sir Arthur Church to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1914.

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