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Tsuba depicting five warriors fighting during the Gempei wars

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)

    A pair of guards, each with episodes from the Gempei wars (Japan, 12th century); on the larger are five warriors fighting amongst rocks and pine-trees; on the other [EAX.10791], Kajiwara Kagetoki escapes from his four Taira pursuers by hiding in a hollow tree, the flight of two doves from which (only one is here shown) is assumed by them to prove that their quarry is not there; specially made tang-hole plugs; border gilt in nunome.

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