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ID: 300312096
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300312096

 

Record Type: concept
tsuba (guards (weapons components), edged weapon components, ... Components (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Plate guards of a Japanese sword that separate the blade from the handle. Typically, tsuba are round or kite- shaped, having a central opening for the tang of the blade and occasionally surrounded by a smaller perforations. They vary in size from about 8 to 15 centimeters, depending on the length of the blade. While tsuba were a functional part of the sword, they also evolved into an art form in their own right around the late 15th century and peaking in the 19th century. Materials can range from iron, brass, and steel to gold and silver, and rare ones of ivory or wood.
 
Terms:
tsuba (preferred,C,V,English-P,D,U,PN)
tsuba (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Tsuba (C,U,German-P,D,B)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Components (hierarchy name)
.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of components (objects parts)
........ components (objects parts) (G)
Hierarchy of <components by specific context>
............ <components by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of weapon components
................ weapon components (G)
Hierarchy of edged weapon components
.................... edged weapon components (G)
Hierarchy of guards (weapons components)
........................ guards (weapons components) (G)
Hierarchy of tsuba
............................ tsuba (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Stootplaten van Japanse zwaarden die de kling van het gevest scheidt. Tsuba zijn gewoonlijk rond of vliegervormig, met een centrale opening voor de angel van de kling, soms omringd door kleinere openingen. Ze zijn tussen 8 en 15 centimeter groot, afhankelijk van de lengte van de kling. Tsuba waren een functioneel deel van het zwaard, maar het creëren ervan ontwikkelde zich in de late vijftiende eeuw tot een aparte kunstvorm, die zijn hoogtepunt kende in de negentiende eeuw. Een tsuba kan gemaakt zijn van verschillende materialen: ijzer, koper, staal, goud en zilver, en in zeldzame gevallen ivoor of hout. 
German ..... Flaches Stichblattt eines japanischen Schwertes, das die Klinge vom Griff trennt. Typischerweise sind Tsuba rund oder abgerundet mit einer zentralen Öffnung für den Hals des Messers und gelegentlich von kleineren Perforationen umgeben. Sie variieren in der Größe von etwa 8 bis 15 cm, je nach der Länge der Klinge. Während das Tsuba zunächst ein funktioneller Teil des Schwertes war, wurden es gegen Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts zu einer eigenen Kunstform entwickelt, deren Hochzeit im 19. Jahrhundert lang. Als Materialien kann Eisen, Messing und Stahl, Gold und Silber und seltener Elfenbein oder Holz Verwendung finden. 

Related concepts:
contextualized in ....  katana
................................  (<swords by form>, swords, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300386050]
made of/require ....  shakudo
............................  (copper alloy, <copper and copper alloy>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300380025]

Sources and Contributors:
tsuba............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
..............  Curtis, ed., Lyle Official Arms and Armour Review (1982) 310
..............  Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (1983) 8:108
..............  Tarassuk and Blair, Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Armor (1979) 490
Tsuba............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
..............  Grotkamp-Schepers, Ausgewählte japanische Kunstschwerter (2002) 213
..............  Lewin, Kleines Lexikon der Japanologie (1995) 279
..............  Vautier und Kümmel, Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten (1900) 63
 
Subject: .....  [IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Curtis, ed., Lyle Official Arms and Armour Review (1982) 310
............  Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (1983) 8,108
............  Tarassuk and Blair, Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Armor (1979) 490
............  Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (2009)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Tarassuk and Blair, Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Armor (1979) 490-491
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin

 

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