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Tsuba with two sennin, or Taoist hermits

Glossary (2)

shakudō, tsuba

  • 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)

    Bold low-relief modelling and iroye; two of the sennin on a rock near a torrent--Chōkwarō seated, conjuring a horse out of his gourd bottle, and Tekkai-sennin standing, blowing forth his double; the latter, mounted on the horse, is represented in engraving as flying towards a whirlpool of cloud; at the back, pine-trees, clouds, bamboo-grass, etc. Signed: Hamano Kuzui ([Japanese text]) tsukuru. (perhaps kuzui I, d. 1787.)

    A good piece, though not fine work.

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