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Tsuba with plants and a Buddhist invocation

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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)

    Irregular, but polished surface modelled in low relief with a large sheaf of rice and an ear of the same; traces of gold overlay (nunome) on some of the stems; on the back in sunk relief a peach? spray and the invocation of the Nichiren sect of Buddhists, Namu miōhō renge kiō, "Hail to the Scripture of the wonderful Law and the Lotus."

    Signed (in swordsmiths' style): Sadayuki ([Japanese text]) saku.

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