File:Tsuba (AM 14119-2).jpg

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Tsuba   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Tsuba
Object type Classification: NM3.7546
Description
English: Tsuba large steel four lobed disc with low relief design of a man in kimono robes, with gold, holding a jug over his head, on reverse a low relief design of a galloping horse. This tsuba is based on a folk tale of man providing wind. Likely to have gone with a very large sword. The kozuka hole has been filled in. Tsuba (sword guards) were used to protect the sword wielder's hands from sliding onto the blade. They are usually finely decorated, incorporating traditional motifs and designs and made from a variety of metals, such as iron, steel, brass or shakudo - an alloy of copper and gold.
Date Unknown; Edo, (Tokugawa), 1603-1868-Japan, art period
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width: 99mm
height: 106mm

depth: 5mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
14119 (object number)
Place of creation Japan; Asia
Credit line gift of Mr Harry S Dadley, collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, M923
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