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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with chrysanthemums and inome, or heart-shapes

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tsuba

  • 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)

    Faint mokkō; thin, with thick border; highly polished; symmetrically punched on each face with eight small circular chrysanthemums, gilt; between these the ground is alternately pierced with quatrefoils and compressed inome (heart-shapes), the latter impinged upon by the four sharp inward cusps of the border.

    16th century (the ryōhitsu cut later).

    Resembles a guard in the Oeder Collection (no.134, "15th century") and one in the Moslé Collection (no.74, "15th century").

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