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Tsuba depicting the Chinese hero Chao Yün with A Tou
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 6.7 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.10928
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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. 928
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)
Low relief with bold iroye incrustation depicting two Chinese heroes (2nd-3rd century). On the the larger guard [EAX.10927] Ch'ang Fei (Chōhi), mounted and in full armour (though bareheaded), crosses a bridge over a torrent; on the other [EAX.10928], Chao Yün (Chōun), with the boy A Tou safe in his bosom, reins in his horse at the explosion of a bomb in his path; near each is a large tree (in continuation of the subject) at the back of the guard. Signed: Yoshikage [Japanese text]. (Unrecorded.)
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