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Round tsuba with flying phoenixes

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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)

    Polished surface; a circular guard composed of four pointed ovals saltirewise embracing the seppadai; each oval pierced in negative silhouette with two repetitions (tête-bêche) of an antique brocade motive of a flying "phoenix" (hōō).

    Style of Shōami Dennai (early 17th century, but a 19th-century piece, as is shown by the special shaping of the tang-hole plugs).

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