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Aori-shaped tsuba depicting the fisherman Urashimatarō with a minogame, or sacred tortoise
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with hammered-up edge, and inlaid with gold and silver
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 5.8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi,processed material › metal › alloy › silver alloy › shibuichi,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.11061
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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. 1061
Glossary (2)
shibuichi, tsuba
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green 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)
Aori; hammered-up edge; fine modelling with slight incrustation of gold and silver; on the front the fisherman Urashimatarō, grasping his rod, leans over the side of his boat to draw aboard the sacred tortoise (minogame); above are clouds in gold inlay of tiny squares; at the back is a huge wave with large gold spray-drops, enclosing in its breaking crest a vision of the Sea King's palace, with haze expressed by powdered gold inlay. Signed: Hōgi [Japanese text] Masayoshi [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Possibly Toyoki M., an independent worker.)
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