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Lenticular tsuba depicting the Chinese general Kuan Yü with his dragon
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration, and katakiri engraving (oblique chisel-cuts)
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.5 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi,
- 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.10989
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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. 989
Glossary (2)
shibuichi, tsuba
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green 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)
Lenticular; in sunk relief with iroye incrustation and katakiri engraving is a half-figure of Kuan Yü [see EAX.10984] seated, with an attendant behind him holding his huge Dragon Halberd; at the back two Chinese warriors beneath a pine-tree, also a tent-curtain supported on a trident spear. Signed: Kazuyoshi [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Sakai Hideyoshi, a pupil of Ōmori Teruhide.)
This guard therefore really belongs to Group LIII.
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