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Tsuba depicting three of the Six Poets
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 6.8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi,
- 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.10993
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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. 993
Glossary (2)
shibuichi, tsuba
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour
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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)
Very bold modelling and iroye incrustation; on the front, below, are three of the Six Poets, the lady Ono no Komachi standing while the others sit with writing-box and poem-cards between them; above is a stretch of bamboo curtain; at the back, a pine-tree on a lake-shore, with distant sails. Signed at the back: Shōunsai [Japanese text] kore wo tsukuru ([Japanese text], sic); on the other side of the sd. is an inlaid gold badge, Hotta-mokkō. (Unrecorded.)
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