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Tsuba, 19th century (CH 18341927), Probably Akaska school of Edo. This iron tsuba is naga maru gata (round) in shape, and is crafted in the ji sukashi openwork style, with a positive design showing mika tsuki, korogi, ran and torii (crescent moon, cricket, orchid and shrine gate), possibly making an allusion to a poem. At the center is a wide nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes, with sekigane (plugs added to fit the tsuba to a sword) made of shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy). Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that has a migaki ji (smooth) surface finish. On either side are ryo-hitsu, openings for the kozuka (utility knife) and the kogai (skewer tool). At right is sashi ura, the side which faces the blade, whose opening takes the negative form of a moon. Opposite is the sashi omote side, which faces the sword hilt. Its tri-lobed opening is of the suhama type, and symbolically represents the coastline of Horai, the holy island of the Immortals. The rim of the tsuba is round, or maru-mimi.
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Tsuba, 19th century (CH 18341927), Product Design and Decorative Arts in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, iron, shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy), Artist, Unknown, Tsuba, 19th century
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この鉄製のは長丸形をしており、地すかしの開放構造で作られており、三月、、、鳥居などの前向きな意匠が歌の暗示となっている。中央には、刀が通る口の広い中籠穴があり、銅製の金がある。周囲は平面楕円形で、表面仕上げはミガキジ。両筆、小柄の開口部、右は、刃に面した側で、開口部が月形になる指裏である。太刀柄に面した指表側が対となる。三葉の開口部は須浜型で、神仙島のの海岸線を象徴的に表している。の縁は丸く、丸耳。
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lined torii gates utility knife moon-faced gold rim