Sword Guard (Tsuba) With the Motif of Two Rain Dragons (双雨龍図南蛮鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese This Nanban-tsuba (南蛮鐔) shows on the obverse (omote) the flush design of two rain dragons (amaryō) which are embedded into an arabesque pattern. The rim area is set off and decorated in a Greek key motif on both sides. The reverse (uratakara-zukushi): scrolls, an arrangement of four spindles (shippō), a clove, a weight, and a hollyhock Sword Guard (Tsuba) With the Motif of Two Rain Dragons (双雨龍図南蛮鐔) 25679

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