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Tsuba with tea ceremony utensils

Glossary (3)

shakudō, shibuichi, tsuba

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • shibuichi

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

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

Location

    • 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)

    Each face boldly encrusted in iroye with the various utensils of the Tea Ceremony (brasier, fire-sticks, charcoal, loose lifting-rings, cauldron with its lid off, ring support, bamboo spatula and tea-whisk, tea-bowl, tea-jar in its brocade wrapping, and a rolled-up makimono); irregular ishime ground (fine sharp punchings); rim of dark shibuichi; large kodzuka-hole of chestnut shape.

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