Tsuba
ca. 1800-ca. 1850 (made)
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Sword guard, tsuba, of copper-gold alloy shakudo. Formed of a ring of 32 arrow feathers radiating from the seppadai. Carefully modelled on each face, with a gold mount at each end of the feather. Signed 'Made by Tadatoki of Akasaka in Musashi province'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Shakudo decorated with gold |
| Brief description | Met, Japan, SF, zogan |
| Physical description | Sword guard, tsuba, of copper-gold alloy shakudo. Formed of a ring of 32 arrow feathers radiating from the seppadai. Carefully modelled on each face, with a gold mount at each end of the feather. Signed 'Made by Tadatoki of Akasaka in Musashi province'. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.578-1931 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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