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Tsuba with butterflies and mon crest of the Hori of Iida
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1800 - 1840
- Material and technique
- shakudō, inlaid with gold
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 7.8 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudō,
- 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.11180
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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. 1180
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)
Modelled in flat relief on both faces and the edge as an irregular mass of large repetitions of two badges, ageha no chō and daki-miōga, all the latter richly encrusted in gold, the former with wing-markings in gold inlay. Signed as the last [EAX.11179], with kakihan [Figure].
Bing Collection. One of the finest guards in the Church Collection, and interesting as a Hirata piece without enamel. The first badge (a butterfly) is that of the Taira clan, also of the Seki, Ota and Tani daimiō; the other is that of the Hori of Iida.
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