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Aori-shaped tsuba with sea shells and flying birdsfront

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Aori-shaped tsuba with sea shells and flying birds

Glossary

tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Aori; in bold iroye incrustation on the front are a number of sea-shells, two small birds flying (chidori), and two distant sails; at the back, in a few lines of katakiri, is a big wave with breaking crest and a group of [Figure] forms above to represent calmer water. Signed: Yasuchika with kakihan [Japanese text]. (Perhaps Yasuchika VI, about 1850).

    This guard and the previous [EAX.10955] come periously near to being classed with the flamboyant type of export guard made during the '70s and '80s of last century to please a supposed Western taste.

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