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Tsuba with three musubi karigane, or knotted wild geese

Glossary (2)

nunome-zōgan, tsuba

  • nunome-zōgan

    Decorative application of metal sheeting (generally of gold or silver) where the iron ground is first cross-hatched and the metal burnished on.

  • 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)

    Border, of almost circular section, united to the seppadai and thin ryōhitsu (the latter edged with gold nunome) by three musubi karigane (not symmetrically disposed); some of the eyes in silver.

    The musubi karigane or "knotted wild-goose" is an heraldic motive composed of a bird's head at the twisted junction of two tapering conventional wing forms. It is known in several other Satsuma guards.

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