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Tsuba depicting Nitta Shirō Tadatsune searching a cave
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- iron, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration in metals including gold; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 6.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
- 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.10921
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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. 921
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)
In bold iroye incrustation is the Japanese hero Nitta Shirō Tadatsune, in full armour, with upraised torch, searching the cave which is represented by the rough surface of the guard, including a perforation below; scattered vegetation in gold; at the back, rocks, a stream, and hanging pine-trees.
Tadatsune (also called Nitan no Shirō, 12th century) once visited a cave where "he saw a goddess who complimented him upon his courage".
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