IDENTIFIERS
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id:	168960
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.10-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Circular iron tsuba. Modelled in low relief with waves, clouds and portions of a chrysanthemum and pierced with a plum and cherry blossom (these at a recent date have been filled with plugs, naturalistically modelled). The large kodzuka gold plugged (also recently) on the obverse with shibuichi, modelled with a leaping carp with a gold eye. On the reverse of which is the name of Umetada Moiju. "Kamakura" style.
title:	tsuba

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168960





TECHNIQUES
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piercing
TECHNIQUES
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bas-relief

CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting



DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.9