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Tsuba depicting Raiden, the god of thunder
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Material and technique
- sentoku, inlaid with metals including copper
- Dimensions
- 8.2 x 7.3 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku,
- 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.11000
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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. 1000
Glossary (2)
sentoku, tsuba
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sentoku
A kind of brass made from an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.
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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)
Rounded oblong; "wire" edge; bold incrustation chiefly of copper; a three-quarter figure of Raiden, the Thunder God, stretching and yawning, his drum and drum-hammer by his side; above is a broken plaster wall with two holes pierced through the guard (continued at back). Signed: Sōyo [Japanese text] with kakihan [Japanese text].
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