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Large tsuba
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1835
- Material and technique
- iron
- Dimensions
- 13.4 x 12.4 cm (height x width)
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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.11264
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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. 1264
Glossary
tsuba
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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)
Cupped; very irregular surface incised with four large characters [Japanese text], Jinchū hōkoku ("complete loyalty serving the country"); the back is faintly inscribed with a signature Michi- ... ([Japanese text] ...?) kore wo tsukuru and a date Tempō VI (1835), midsummer.
This absurdly large guard has actually been fitted to a sword. Even without the frank dating, one could only characterise it as a modern piece in blatant imitation of archaic styles.
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