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Tsuba with two sennin, or Taoist hermits
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration, and engraved decoration
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.2 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- 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.10976
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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. 976
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)
Bold low-relief modelling and iroye; two of the sennin on a rock near a torrent--Chōkwarō seated, conjuring a horse out of his gourd bottle, and Tekkai-sennin standing, blowing forth his double; the latter, mounted on the horse, is represented in engraving as flying towards a whirlpool of cloud; at the back, pine-trees, clouds, bamboo-grass, etc. Signed: Hamano Kuzui ([Japanese text]) tsukuru. (perhaps kuzui I, d. 1787.)
A good piece, though not fine work.
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