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Tsuba with chariot wheels, pine tree, and karigane, or flying geese

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tsuba

  • 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)

    Sparse openwork design including two fret-cut chariot-wheels below (one joined to the square-edged border by a tiny karigane), two pine-needles (?), and a carefully modelled pine-tree.

    Perhaps not Itō work. The MS. Catalogue has a note: "Yoshida family of yedo, about 1840", but I have been unable to check this. The gold-inlaid signature is perculiar, as is also the spelling of Ōriūken with the character [Japanese text] instead of the usual [Japanese text].

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