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Tsuba with blossoming cherry tree
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1825 - 1891
- Material and technique
- iron, with gilding
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,
- Technique index
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covered › metallized › gilded
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.11058
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Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1058
Glossary
tsuba
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Part of a cherry-tree in bold relief, the close masses of flowers all richly gilt; on the ground below it are several small flowering plants in the same technique, including dandelion and medick; slender, sharply raised border. Signed: Tenkōdō [Japanese text] Hidekuni [Japanese text]. (Ōtsuki H., adopted son of Hideoki.)
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