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Lenticular tsuba with figures and a tiger in a landscapefront

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Lenticular tsuba with figures and a tiger in a landscape

Glossary (3)

nunome-zōgan, shibuichi, tsuba

  • nunome-zōgan

    Decorative application of metal sheeting (generally of gold or silver) where the iron ground is first cross-hatched and the metal burnished on.

  • shibuichi

    alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Slightly lenticular; in low relief and rich iroye incrustation are two curly-haired "foreigners" standing, one wearing a sword with cock's-head pommel and carrying a basket, the other carrying a nioi (jui) sceptre; both wear rich jewellery; a small tiger in shibuichi is at their feet, and near by are rocks with a waterfall, continued at the back, where a small tree is also seen; edge almost covered with squares of gold nunome. Signed in a gold-inlaid seal partly cut away: Toshiyuki [Japanese text]. (Okamoto Naoshige, d.1780.)

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