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Tsuba, 17th century (CH 18341843), This tatsu (iron) tsuba is kiku (chrysanthemum) in shape and pattern. Ji sukashi (cutout) workmanship forms the flower’s petals. At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes, surrounded by a migaki (smooth) surface with chisel marks and remnants of sekigane (plugs added to fit the tsuba to a sword) made of shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy).
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Tsuba, 17th century (CH 18341843), Product Design and Decorative Arts in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, iron, shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy), Artist, Unknown, Tsuba, 17th century
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地すかし中央には中茎穴があり、その開口部は、身垣に囲まれ、紋と石鉄の名残が刻まれている。
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