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Tsuba depicting the Three Sake Tasters around a wine jarfront

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Tsuba depicting the Three Sake Tasters around a wine jar

Glossary (2)

shibuichi, tsuba

  • shibuichi

    alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • 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)

    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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