Tsuba with the figure of Shōki, the Demonqueller
| Accession Nr.: | 1025 |
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| Type: | weapons and armament; metalwork; martial accessory |
| Date of production: |
Late 18th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collected by Péter Vay |
| Signed: | Yasuchika (安親). |
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| Materials/Techniques: | sentoku bronze, engravedengraved sentoku bronze and gold |
| Dimensions: | height: 7.3 cm width: 6.7 cm |
From the artistic point of view, the most important were the sword fittings (kodōgu). The grip and the blade were separated by metal guards of 8–10 cm width (tsuba), signed pieces of which dated back to the 16th century.
