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Description: | ; Classification(s): sword fitting, tsuba; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912 [MAR.ARM.O.45-1912]
Description: Mainly iron with shakudo within a raised round border, nunome. A large ship bearing the shichi-fuku-jiu from which a rope has been thrown to save some one in the water from a huge pursuing dragon; in the background on shore some musicians are seen playing flutes and a drum decorated with a mitzu-tomo-ye. All the figures heavily gilt hira-zogan. The scene is continued on the back. Signature: goshu hikone ju soheishi nyodo soten sei. Made by: soheishi nyudo soten of gushu hikone. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | tsuba sword fitting | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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