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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with cherry blossoms, pine needles, and dewdrops
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1800
- Material and technique
- iron, with shakudō, shibuichi, brass, and gold; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.9 x 7.2 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass,processed material › metal › gold,
- 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.10570
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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. 570
Glossary (3)
shakudō, shibuichi, tsuba
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green 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)
Mokkō; irregular ground; the front with nine, the back with two, fallen cherry-blossoms in relief, some with leaves in shakudō; also pine-needles in shibuichi and dewdrops in brass and gold; flower-centres in gold.
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