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Tsuba depicting three Chinese men
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1st half of the 19th century
- Material and technique
- shibuichi, with iro-e zōgan (multi-metal inlay) decoration
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 5.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › silver alloy › shibuichi,
- Technique index
- Object type index
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arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
- Accession no.
- EAX.10977
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Further reading
Koop, Albert James, The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba), 3 vols (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1929), no. 977
Glossary (2)
shibuichi, tsuba
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shibuichi
alloy of copper and silver, patinated to a dull grey-green colour
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Rounded oblong; in low, partly sunk, relief with iroye incrustation is a group of three Chinese, one crawling between the legs of another; at the back, two fisherman's baskets and carrying-rod. Signed: Juzui ([Japanese text]). (Hamano Juzui, pupil of Tōyama Chokuzui.)
F. V. Dickins Collection. The reference is to Han Hein (Japanese Kanshin), a prince's son (d. B.C. 196) fallen on evil days, who, when challenged by a coolie to crawl between his legs in the public market-place, submitted rather than fight a man of low birth. Later, when Prince of Ts'u, he sought out the man and attached him to his person.
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