Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔)

Japanese

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This tsuba shows two Chinese windmill palm (Japanese: shuro, 棕櫚) branches in openwork (ji-sukashi). The two openings for scabbard accessories (hitsu-ana) have been plugged with shakudō and the rim is decorated with an alternating Greek key motif of gold and silver (nunome-zōgan), although the silver parts have almost entirely come off.

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔), Iron, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese

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Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔), Iron, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese
Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔), Iron, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese

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