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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with shishi, or lion dog, embracing a ball
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- iron, with gold; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 7 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › gold,
- 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.11021
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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. 1021
Glossary
tsuba
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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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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