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Tsuba depicting the god Fudō standing in a landscape
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 2nd half of the 18th century
- Material and technique
- iron, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 6.7 cm (height x width)
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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.11045
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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. 1045
Glossary
tsuba
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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)
Archaistically rough ground with irregular edge; in modelling and iroye incrustation is the god Fudō, standing on a rock near a waterfall; in his hands he holds the usual sword and rope; various small plants and herbage. Signed: Chōdensu no dzu ("after a design by C.," i.e. Minchō, priest and painter of religious subjects, 1351-1431) Tsunemitsu [Japanese text] with kakihan (almost obliterated). (Kikuchi Tsunemitsu, pupil of K. Tsunekatsu, end of 18th century.)
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