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Tsuba with arrows and myōga, or ginger shoots

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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)

    Sparse openwork with slight engraving finish; parts of five arrows (four of them converging to the left) and one myōga device (ginger shoot) within the narrow border.

    Hayashi Collection. Resembles a guard figured in the Sōken Kisho, 1781, Bk.V, p.21, as one of the famous guards of antiquity, under the name of Kachi-ikusa, "Victorious Battle."

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