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Tsuba with chrysanthemums and oval holes

Glossary (3)

sentoku, shakudō, tsuba

  • sentoku

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

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • 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)

    Slightly double-concave; radially pierced with six oval holes, their edges softly rounded off; each face inlaid with six (or seven) oval chrysanthemums in outline, in gold or shakudō wire.

    Signed: Ushū no [Chinese character] jū ("resident of Dewa province") Shōami Kiyonari [Japanese characters]. (His surname was Susuki [Japanese text]).

    The use of a Chinese character to express no before jū, as here, is a very unusual feature in signatures.

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