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Tsuba with mon of nine daimyō families

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daimyō, tsuba

  • daimyō

    ‘Feudal’ lord

  • 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)

    Fret-pierced with nine badges irregularly disposed between the narrow rim and the seppadai and ryōhitsu; two are in negative silhouette, a chrysanthemum lozenge above and a clump of bamboo-grass below (the latter for Mori of Akō); among the rest are the cognisances of Sō, Shimadzu, Hachisuka, Nambu, Matsura, and Matsumaye - all very important diamiō families.

    Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1916, Metalwork no.510, plate.cxxvi.

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