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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.

The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

Satsuma schools (18th and 19th centuries)

Various schools of guard-makers worked in the warlike province of Satsuma, including the Oda, the Kabayama, and the Chishiki. For the study of their work there exists as yet but scanty material. Their guards, however, appear in general to be comparatively heavy in design.

Mokkō-shaped tsuba with bottle gourd vines (EAX.10750) Mokkō-shaped tsuba with bottle gourd vines (EAX.10750)    Tsuba with bean pods (EAX.10750.a) Tsuba with bean pods (EAX.10750.a)    Tsuba with six mushrooms (EAX.10751) Tsuba with six mushrooms (EAX.10751)
Tsuba in the form of the mon of the Kiōgoku, lords of Marugame (EAX.10752) Tsuba in the form of the mon of the Kiōgoku, lords of Marugame (EAX.10752)    Mokkō-shaped tsuba formed from four loops (EAX.10753) Mokkō-shaped tsuba formed from four loops (EAX.10753)    Tsuba with round border containing a lozenge (EAX.10754) Tsuba with round border containing a lozenge (EAX.10754)
Round tsuba with scrolling cusps (EAX.10755) Round tsuba with scrolling cusps (EAX.10755)    Tsuba in the form of a silk winder with skeins (EAX.10756) Tsuba in the form of a silk winder with skeins (EAX.10756)    Tsuba with three musubi karigane, or knotted wild geese (EAX.10757) Tsuba with three musubi karigane, or knotted wild geese (EAX.10757)
Cruciform tsuba, possibly representing a heraldic kite (EAX.10758) Cruciform tsuba, possibly representing a heraldic kite (EAX.10758)    Lobed tsuba with kutsuwa, or horse-bit, mon of the Shimadzu of Satsuma (EAX.10759) Lobed tsuba with kutsuwa, or horse-bit, mon of the Shimadzu of Satsuma (EAX.10759)    Tsuba with six holes of different sizes (EAX.10760) Tsuba with six holes of different sizes (EAX.10760)
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