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Description: | Sword guard, called a tsuba, made of iron. Circular shape (maru gata) with pierced decoration highlighted in gold. Features a shoulder guard (sode) from Samurai armour (top right in the photograph) and a stirrup (abumi) (lower left in the photo) plus two arrows: one with a whistling bulb. These arrows were used for signalling as they made a whistling noise as they passed through the air. The other arrow is a forked arrow, used to cut the lacing in armour.
Technique: pierced
Technique: chiselled
Technique: inlay
Material: metal
Material: iron
Material: gold
tsuba made in Japan, Asia, (1918.47/111). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.26463 | Go to resource |
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