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Tsuba with takaramono, or precious things
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- sentoku, with etched decoration; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 6.4 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku,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.10829
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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. 829
Glossary (4)
sentoku, shakudō, takaramono, tsuba
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sentoku
A kind of brass made from an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour
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takaramono
A Japanese lucky charm, or treasure.
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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)
Same shape as 758 [EAX.10758], except that the corners are rounded and the upper and lower loops are of circular section and frankly five-sided; the whole surface, apart from the sd., is etched in low relief with an irregular diaper of Luck Objects (Takaramono). Hizen work.
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