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Tsuba (Japan), 1830–43 (CH 18341375), This Kenji style tsuba is naga maru (round) in shape and has a gilded mimi kaku koniku (a square rim with slight rounding). The decoration uses maru bori (round surface carving) with nunome kin zogan (an inlay of gold leaf affixed to a serrated ground), and shows byō bu issō (a pair of folding screens) with patterns. 

At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished) and rimmed in gold. On either side are ryō-hitsu openings, both of the suhama type, symbolically represents the coastline of Horai, the holy island of the Immortals.
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Tsuba (Japan), 1830–43 (CH 18341375), Artworks of Japan in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Product Design and Decorative Arts in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, iron, gold inlay, gold leaf, Artist, Unknown, Tsuba (Japan), 1830–43
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装飾は丸彫りに布目金象を施し、屏風一双を模様で表わす。中央には刀が通る中子穴がある。周囲は、平面楕円形で、身垣を金で縁取りした切羽台が立つ。両脇には霊筆の開口部があり、どちらも須浜型で、霊仙島の宝来の海岸線を象徴的に表している。
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gold rim japan current gold foil leaf shape