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Tsuba with heraldic crest of the Shinjō family

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tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • 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)

    Flatly modelled as the badge mitsu-fuji-domoye, three racemes of wisteria, each of comma shape, with their heads impinging on the seppadai, leaving three tapering perforations.

    The badge was borne by the Shinjō, a daimiō family. The guard, now plain, was perhaps originally decorated with gold nunome. Sir Arthur Church, in his manuscript catalogue, states that when he acquired it, the signature was invisible, as were many of the details, owing to being blocked up with rust.

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