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Mokkō-shaped tsuba with clematis

Glossary (3)

sentoku, shakudō, tsuba

  • sentoku

    A kind of brass made from an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black 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; both faces and edge of the raised border covered with scrolling stems in shakudō wire inlay, the field with clematis vines in the same technique, the flowers, shown in perspective, inlaid in silver with brass centres.

    A very similar guard in the Victoria and Albert Museum (from the Hawkshaw Collection) is signed Fujiwara no Kunimichi.

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