IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169032
accession number:	MAR.ARM.O.82-1912

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Iron. Maltese cross-shape. Decorated with peonies and sasa gold zogan. One side has also a large ama-inu gold zogan. Signature: Geiyo ju Kannan Takekiyo saku. Made by: Kannan Tokekiyo of Geiyo. 
Geiyo is made from two words Geisho (the province) and sanyo (one of the 8 ancient districts in which Japan was divided) so that the meaning is "of the province of Geisha (or Aki) in the district of Sanyo.
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/169032





CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting



DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 8.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.2