Tsuba with Buddhist invocation and a poem

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with Buddhist invocation and a poem

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  iron, with polished surface (migaki-ji), and hira-zōgan (flat inlay) in silver and sentoku; shakudō ryōhitsu plugs, with nekogaki engraving

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo

• Technique index

  forged;

  polished;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  9.4 x 8.8 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dame Jemima Church, in accordance with the wishes of her Husband, Sir Arthur H. Church, 1929.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.10167

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