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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with shishi, or lion dog, embracing a ballfront

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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with shishi, or lion dog, embracing a ball

Glossary

tsuba

  • 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)

    Mokkō; modelled mainly in sunk relief with a large ball (central on the guard) embraced by a "lion" (shishi); the eyes in gold; at back, in base, a peony spray. Signed: Ichiriūken [Japanese text] Naotoshi [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Perhaps Morikawa N., pupil of Yangawa Naomasa.)

    The guard (front) resembles very closely one of superior workmanship in the Victoria and Albert Museum, signed Gazan Yoshimasa (Sekijōken School, Group XLIV).

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