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Tsuba with peonies
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Artist/maker
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Shōami School (active 1601 - 1909) (armourer)
- Material and technique
- iron, carved in sunk relief, and inlaid with gold wire
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 7.9 cm (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.10303
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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. 303
Glossary
tsuba
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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 oblong, thickening towards the moulded edge (which imitates a slender false rim); further description the same as for No.302 [EAX.10302], but without the sawari.
Style of Shōami Kanesada.
This and the previous guard [EAX.10302], though somewhat separated in date, are obviously very similar. The ascription to the Shōami (characters for the names not stated), neither of which I have been able to identify, originated apparently with H. L. Joly, who may have noted these designs on guards so signed.
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