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Tsuba depicting the Three Sake Tasters around a wine jar
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- probably 1809
- Artist/maker
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probably Motozane I (1739 - 1829) (armourer)
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration, and katakiri engraving (oblique chisel-cuts)
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 6.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › silver 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.11010
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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. 1010
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)
Low or sunk relief and iroye incrustation, with katakiri; the Three Sake Tasters round a big wine-jar; at the back a pine-tree. Signed: Sekijōken [Japanese text] Taizan [Japanese text] Motozane [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure], giōnen shichijissai ("aged 70"). (If Motozane I, as is probable, this dates the guard to about 1809, as he died in 1829, aged 90.)
F. V. Dickins Collection.
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