Sword guard (Tsuba) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔)

Japanese

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This polished shibuichi tsuba shows on its obverse two Sumō wrestlers and a referee. The reverse is apart from the straw enclosure of the ring and the bucket with "power water" (chikara-mizu, 力水), from which a wrestler ceremonially rinses out his mouth prior to a bout, undecorated.

Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔), Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese

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Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔), Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔), Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese

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