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Tsuba depicting a Chinese emperor, his attacker, and a dragon
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1850
- Material and technique
- iron, with cut and filed openwork decoration
- Dimensions
- 7 x 6.6 cm (height x width)
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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.11001
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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. 1001
Glossary
tsuba
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tsuba
Japanese sword guard.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
Openwork completely in the round, within slender border; a Chinese emperor seated in his beehive-like chariot, from which his attacker rides away with lowered halberd; above is a dragon. Signed: Mito no jū Yoshihisa [Japanese text] saku.
Wu Wang, founder of the Chou Dynasty of China, in 1122 B.C. led his forces against those of Shang. Attacked by Fang Hsiang with a spear, he was saved by the appearance of "a golden eight-clawed dragon".
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