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An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.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

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Hexagonal tsuba with palmettesfront

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Hexagonal tsuba with palmettes

  • Literature notes

    Six-sided, the back flat, the front convex; each angle occupied by a palmette champlevé-enamelled dark blue on the front; at the back it is the intervals between the palmettes that are enamelled, with rough dark green enamel; the rest is various moulded ornament of European character; rh. plugged with parcel-gilt white metal. Signed in cursive: Takahashi [Japanese text] Okitsugu [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Famous as a guri master, Group LXVIII.)

    Compara a guard in the Furukawa Collection, no. 255, Wada, p. 229. Japan Society, London, Loan Exhibition, 1905, no. S.11, pl. 26.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    1775 - 1800
    Material and technique
    sentoku, with blue and green champlevé enamel decoration; white metal ryōhitsu plugs, partly gilded
    Dimensions
    7.7 x 6.7 x 0.6 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku,
    processed material › enamel,
    processed material › metal › alloy › white metal,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    forged,
    covered › coated › enamelled,
    filled › plugged,
    covered › metallized › gilded
    Object type index
    arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
    Accession no.
    EAX.11146

  • Further reading

    Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 1146

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

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

    Six-sided, the back flat, the front convex; each angle occupied by a palmette champlevé-enamelled dark blue on the front; at the back it is the intervals between the palmettes that are enamelled, with rough dark green enamel; the rest is various moulded ornament of European character; rh. plugged with parcel-gilt white metal. Signed in cursive: Takahashi [Japanese text] Okitsugu [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Famous as a guri master, Group LXVIII.)

    Compara a guard in the Furukawa Collection, no. 255, Wada, p. 229. Japan Society, London, Loan Exhibition, 1905, no. S.11, pl. 26.
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