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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with a dragon emerging from waves
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- iron, with Hikone-bori carving, and inlaid with gold; kozuka-hole plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 8.3 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
- 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.10784
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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. 784
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)
Mokkō; both faces and the edge with waves in relief, from which emerge parts of a dragon; spray-drops and details of the dragon minutely inlaid in gold dots or wire.
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