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Tsuba depicting parts from a suit of armour
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1800
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with punched nanako decoration, and inlaid with gold
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
- 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.11025
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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. 1025
Glossary (2)
shakudō, tsuba
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shakudō
alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black 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)
In flat relief with rich incrustation and inlay of tinted gold are the various parts of a suit of armour, with bow, quiver, fan and banners, largely covering both faces and the edge.
F. V. Dickins Collection. The breastplate has in gold relief a sagari-fuji badge (Naitō); the back-banner (sashimono) has in gold inlay a gosan no kiri badge (numerous daimiō families).
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