Unknown Artist
- Title
- Tsuba (with pierced design of man reading and a bull sitting next to him in the rocks)
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Year
- 19th century
- Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- shakudo with gold inlay
- Dimensions
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0.4 x 6.9 x 6.6cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of George Sherren Johnston 1996
- Accession number
- 440.1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
By the time these pieces were made in the Edo period (1615-1868), members of the warrior class were engaged more in administrative work than in combat. The sword and its accessories had become more symbols of status than weapons of war.
'Sword accessories', The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.222.
- Bibliography (1)
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'The World of Samurai Culture', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 222 (colour illus.).
