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Tsuba depicting the Chinese general Kuan Yü with his dragon spear
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1650 - 1675
- Material and technique
- shakudō, with cut and filed openwork decoration, and inlaid with copper, gold, and silver
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.3 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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cut,
- 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.11127
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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. 1127
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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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Modelled openwork within medium border, with incrustation of copper, a little gold, silver, and a bit of mokume; the corner of a veranda, with the famous Chinese general, Kuan Yü, seated on a tiger-skin at a low table reading a scroll, his Dragon Spear [compare with EAX.10714] behind him. Signed: Tō-Ō Kwaiyō no jū ("resident of the district of Aidzu in Eastern Mutsu province") Chōkaku [Japanese text] with seal Nobu-aki? [Japanese text].
E. Gilbertson Collection, no. 490.
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