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Lenticular tsuba with gourds on a vine
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1800
- Material and technique
- iron, with ito-sukashi decoration (‘thread-piercing’ openwork), and inlaid with gold and silver; kozuka-hole plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō
- Dimensions
- 7.9 x 7.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › gold,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō
- Technique index
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cut,
- 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.10728
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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. 728
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)
Lenticular, with "wire" edge; on each face a gourd-vine delicately modelled in low, partly sunk relief, against an interrupted lattice rendered by fine sawcuts; the small fruits ("double gourds") are encrusted with gold or silver, which metals also provide a number of dewdrops.
Sir Arthur Church reads the name as Katsunari. -
The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Lenticular, with "wire" edge; on each face a gourd-vine delicately modelled in low, partly sunk relief, against an interrupted lattice rendered by fine sawcuts; the small fruits ("double gourds") are encrusted with gold or silver, which metals also provide a number of dewdrops.
Sir Arthur Church reads the name as Katsunari.
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