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Tsuba in the form of two carp
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 2nd half of the 18th century
- Material and technique
- iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration, shakudō plug, and gold; gilt copper rim
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 6.8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › iron,processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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cut,covered › metallized › gilded
- 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.11102
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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. 1102
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)
Openwork design of two carp forming a circle about the sd., the scales and fins carefully modelled, the eye-pupils in gold; fine roped copper-gilt rim; the gaps between the tail-fork of one fish and the head of the other have been filled with shakudō plugs, of which only the upper one remains. Signed: Naofusa [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Tetsuya Naofusa, pupil of the founder.)
Compare [to EAX.11103].
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