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Cherry
Blossoms Tsuba
A
tsuba is the hand guard of a Japanese sword. It served several purposes.
The tsuba balanced the sword. And it protected the hand of the sword holder
from an attack by an enemy as well as from gliding into the sword blade.
The third purpose was a more refined one. The Japanese tsuba developed
into a kind of a status symbol for the sword owner.
Thus
the Japanese sword tsuba became an elaborate piece of art - far beyond
its practical use. Over the years, artists used many different metals.
They manufactured tsuba from copper, yamagane ( a dark impure copper),
brass, sentoku (a yellowy or dark brown brass), iron, shakudo (a mixture
of copper, gold and whatever else was available which resulted in a purplish
black patina) and shibuichi Although the iron was an early development,
it reemerged later as artists, such as Goto Ichijo, rebelled against the
overly ornate and structured form which the tsuba gained.
Refference
: SPT-001
Price : €95
Status:BACKORDER
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Size
: 7 x 7cm
Weight : 85 gram
Thickness : 4 mm
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