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Tsuba depicting a mounted court noble and a peasant

Glossary (2)

shibuichi, tsuba

  • shibuichi

    alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour

  • 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)

    In faint sunk relief with iroye incrustation and katakiri engraving is a mounted court-noble approaching a pine-tree in a rain-storm and attended by a footman holding an umbrella over him; the design is continued over the edge to the back, where is also a peasant with hat and rain-cloak, walking in the opposite direction. Signed in small characters: Ichinomiya Echizen-no-daijō (title) Nagatsune [Japanese text] with kakihan [Figure]. (The founder.)

    F. V. Dickins Collection.

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