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Description: | Sword guard, called a tsuba, made of shibuchi (literally one part in four) a grey alloy consisting of one part silver to three parts copper. Solid with raised plum bough decoration on one side, highlighted in gold. The plum bough reminds Japanese people of the story of Suguwara no Michizane, who was exiled from Japan after he had an affair with the Empress. He left behind his house "The Mansion of the Plum" in Kyoto. According to legend his plum trees missed him and followed him into exile.
Another legend tells how a dying Suguwara no Michizane returned from exile, in an ox cart, but the ox refused to make it back to Kyoto, and came to a halt. So Suguwara no Michizane had to be buried at the side of the road.
Technique: pierced
Technique: chiselled
Technique: inlay
Material: metal
Material: iron
Material: gold
shibuchi tsuba, made by Nukagawa Yasunori c1800-1820
tsuba made in Japan, Asia, (1918.47/119). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.26462 | Go to resource |
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