Tsuba with mitsudomoye, or three-comma shapes

Details

• Title

  Tsuba with mitsudomoye, or three-comma shapes

• Artist/maker

  Shimizu-Jingo School (possibly active 17th - 19th century) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (Higo province) (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 18th century

• Material and technique

  sentoku, inlaid with gold, and with silver nunome-zōgan decoration; ryōhitsu with shakudō demi-plugs; shakudō rim; tang-hole plugged with soft metal, probably copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › sentoku;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid;

  filled › plugged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.3 x 6.9 x 0.285 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.10317

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