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Mokkō-shaped tsuba depicting Seidzu Kwannon, a form of the Bodhisat Avalokitesvara
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- iron, inlaid with gold
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.6 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,
- 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.10988
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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. 988
Glossary
tsuba
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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)
Rounded mokkō; "wire" edge; in bold relief is a representation of Seidzu Kwannon, a form of the Bodhisat Avalokitesvara, seated in meditation on a rock above the water, at her side a jug with a branch of willow in it; at the back a waterfall; a few patches of herbage and spray-drops in gold incrustation. Signed: Bokusui no hama ni oite ("on the shore of the Sumida River", i.e. at Yedo) Yoshiaki [Japanese text] kore wo tsukuru.
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