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Tsuba depicting the god Fudō standing in a landscape

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tsuba

  • 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)

    Archaistically rough ground with irregular edge; in modelling and iroye incrustation is the god Fudō, standing on a rock near a waterfall; in his hands he holds the usual sword and rope; various small plants and herbage. Signed: Chōdensu no dzu ("after a design by C.," i.e. Minchō, priest and painter of religious subjects, 1351-1431) Tsunemitsu [Japanese text] with kakihan (almost obliterated). (Kikuchi Tsunemitsu, pupil of K. Tsunekatsu, end of 18th century.)

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