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Definition of Tsuba
1. a part of a Japanese sword [n TSUBA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsuba
Literary usage of Tsuba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arts of Japan by Edward Dillon (1906)
"CHAPTER VIII METAL WORK—PART I. HAMMERED AND CHASED The Forging of Iron—The
Furniture of the Sword—Alloys and Patina—The tsuba—The Goto and ..."
2. Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese by William Anderson (1886)
"The book is entitled ' On tsuba nc kagami' or Manual of Sword- guards, ...
tsuba design. Plum blossoms. Made by YO-SAI. 5o. tsuba design. Chrysanthemums. ..."
3. Catalogue of Specimens of Japanese Lacquer and Metal Work Exhibited in 1894 by Burlington Fine Arts Club, William Anderson, Arthur Herbert Church, Edward Gilbertson, Edward Dillon (1894)
"tsuba in shakudo. 7. tsuba showing patina of magnetic oxide of iron. 8. tsuba showing
etched and watered iron. 9. tsuba of fifteen alternate layers of ..."
4. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"His tsuba bear traces of the hammer, as do the tsuba of his followers for a
considerable ... A Japanese expert at once recognizes in the Goto tsuba the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tsuba, tsu-hah, the Japanese sword guard, unlike the early Chinese and European
sword ... The tsuba reached the highest expressions of pure design and ..."
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