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Mokkō-shaped tsuba depicting a dove sitting on a cryptomeria treefront

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Mokkō-shaped tsuba depicting a dove sitting on a cryptomeria tree

Glossary (3)

shakudō, shibuichi, tsuba

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

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

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

    Faint-mokkō; "wire" edge; flat relief modelling of a cryptomeria tree and cloud-wrack; on a branch sits a dove in bold iroye incrustation; about the trunk is a shime-nawa decoration in gold and silver; above is the sun's disk in gold; at the back, in shibuichi, the corner of a torii and the tops of other trees; rh. plugged with diagonally striated shakudō. Signed: Tsunemasa [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded.)

    Competent work, but uninspired.

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