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Tsuba with key pattern and seaweed-like sprays

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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)

    Four jar-shaped perforations, crosswise; the ground lightly engraved on the front with seaweed-like sprays, on the back with groups of curved radiating lines; the edge and the border on each face engraved with key-pattern.

    The seppadai increased in height by iron demi-plugs, necessitated by the upper and lower jars having been cut too far in.

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