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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with dragons and two Precious Objects
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- iron, with silver nunome-zōgan decoration; ryōhitsu plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,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.10850
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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. 850
Glossary (3)
nunome-zōgan, shakudō, tsuba
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nunome-zōgan
Decorative application of metal sheeting (generally of gold or silver) where the iron ground is first cross-hatched and the metal burnished on.
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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; lenticular; on the front, in silver nunome, a symmetrical design of two ascending dragons, a flaming pearl amid clouds, and a spray of peony; at the back; two Precious Objects (shell and scroll) with flowing ribands, and three cloud-forms on each side; silver nunome borders to guard; normal rh. and oblong sd.
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