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Aori-shaped tsuba with an eagle
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 17th century (1601 - 1700)
- Artist/maker
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probably Shimizu Jingo I (born c. 1600 - died 1675) (armourer)Shimizu-Jingo School (possibly active 17th - 19th century) (armourer)
- Material and technique
- iron, inlaid with metal; kozuka-hole plugged with shakudō
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 7.4 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō
- 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.10315
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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. 315
Glossary (3)
kozuka, shakudō, tsuba
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kozuka
The handle that holds the small knife called the kogatana.
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Aori shape; rough surface; the front boldly encrusted with the large figure of an eagle perched on a pine-branch; a twig with one rosette of needles appears on the back; kozuka-hole only, plugged with shakudō.
Attributed with confidence to the hand of Shimizu Jingo the first (d. 1675).
This guard represents a design and type without which no important collection can be considered complete. H. L. Joly considered it to be the finest example he knew. In some cases, as in the Victoria and Albert Museum example, the eagle is grasping a struggling monkey.
Japan Society's Loan Exhibition, London, 1905, no.Q.55.
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