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Tsuba in the form of four leaves
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 17th - 18th century (1601 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- obverse and reverse: copper obverse: with green champlevé enamel decoration
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 5.8 cm (height x width)
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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.11151
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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. 1151
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)
Elongated lozenge shape with lobed edges, formed as four leaves champlevé-enamelled green, leaving the venation and edge in reserve; the back unfinished and slightly concave.
Adapted, by the cutting of a tang-hole and kozuka-hole, from a kugikakushi ("nail-hide"), an ornamental stud used to conceal unsightly constructional nails in architectural interior woodwork.
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