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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with five Sparrow Dancersfront

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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with five Sparrow Dancers

Glossary (4)

kozuka, nunome-zōgan, shibuichi, tsuba

  • kozuka

    The handle that holds the small knife called the kogatana.

  • 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)

    Mokkō; thickened rounded edge; decorated in slight engraving, gold and silver nunome, and incrustation of shibuichi with a group of five Sparrow Dancers; at the back a clam with seaweed; grooved plug to kodzuka-hole, half plain shibuichi, half gilt (diagonal division). Signed: Kakushōken [Japanese text] Yoshi?- ... ([Japanese text] ? ...) with kakihan [Figure]. (Unrecorded.)

    F. V. Dickins Collection. The design is based on a drawing in the Hokusai Mangwa.

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