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Description: | Tetsu, maru gata, maru mimi tsuba with sekigane and tagane ato. The design in Hikone bori with gold inlay is of samurai fighting at the battle of Ujigawa, a famous engagement during the Gempei Wars. The omote mei reads: Soheishi Soten and the ura mei reads: Goshu Hikone (no) Ju.
An iron tsuba, decorated with a Samurai at the Uji river. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Japanese Weapons Decorative arts Japanese Decorative Art | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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