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Octagonal tsuba with shippō diaper of interlaced circles
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Artist/maker
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Myōchin School (active 16th - 19th century) (armourer)
- Material and technique
- iron; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 7 cm max. (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,
- Technique index
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.10090
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Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 90
Glossary (2)
shippō, tsuba
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shippō
Lit. ‘Eight Treasures’ – cloisonné
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Rounded octagonal; each face with large interrupted shippō diaper (interlaced circles) in faint relief on irregular ground.
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