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Tsuba in the form of a coiled snake

Glossary (2)

sentoku, tsuba

  • sentoku

    A kind of brass made from an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.

  • 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)

    Irregular outline; boldly modelled almost in the round as a coiling snake, the head (at top right) with open jaws poised to strike downwards; eye and tongue gold, teeth silver. Signed: Seppō-shujin [Japanese text] saku. (Unrecorded.)

    All large collections seem to include one or more guards similar to this and the next [EAX.11221] - bearing a variety of signatures, if any. "Export" work.

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