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Description: | Sword guard, called a tsuba, made of iron for a wakizashi (short sword). Pierced (sukashi) with a design of irises and a fence. Higo School - indicated byt he shape of the three lobed hitsu (piercing). The iris was a flower particularly associated with the Samurai because of its sword shaped leaves.
Technique: pierced
Material: metal
Material: iron
tsuba made in Japan, Asia, (1918.47/121). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.26391 | Go to resource |
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