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Tsuba depicting a Chinese dignitary watching warriors dance
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1800
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, Hikone-bori carving, and iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 8 x 7.3 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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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.10788
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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. 788
Glossary (2)
shakudō, tsuba
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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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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Shakudō nanako. Bold relief with rich iro-e zōgan incrustation; on the front an open-air scene with tent-curtain and wooden wall enclosure, within which a Chinese dignitary (Emperor?) with attendants sits in state watching a formal dance by warriors; above are seen pine-trees, rocks, a waterfall, and a pair of flying "phoenixes"; at the back a Chinese warrior on a veranda knocks at the door of a gatehouse. Gotō-Sōten style.
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