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Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka

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Title
Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Design -- Japanese

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1911 (Questionable)
Topics
Decoration and ornament -- Japan
Sword guards -- Japan
Fuchigashira
Kozuka
Japan-British Exhibition (1910 : London, England)
Metalwork -- Japan
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Numbers (913, 917, 920-921, 923, 933, 936) printed on image. Items nos. 913, 917 and 921 are tsuba (sword guards); nos. 920, 923 and 936 are fuchigashira (cap and ring located on the handle of a sword); no. 933 is kozuka (knife grip). Inscription on sword guards: "Nara Muneari saku" (no. 917); "Nara Toshishige" (no. 921).
Source note: An illustrated catalogue of Japanese old fine arts, displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910 : compiled by the office of the Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition. (Tokyo : The Shimbi Shoin, [1911?]) Japan. Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition., Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17139312
Barcode: 33333159304654
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c5fdbd0-c54f-012f-f4f3-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1524-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1524-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1911). Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1524-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Sword guards, fuchigashira and kozuka