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Sword guard (Tsuba) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese This polished shibuichi tsuba shows on its obverse two Sumō wrestlers and a referee. The reverse is apart from the straw enclosure of the ring and the bucket with "power water" (chikara-mizu, 力水), from which a wrestler ceremonially rinses out his mouth prior to a bout, undecorated.. Sword guard (Tsuba) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔) 25715

Sword guard (Tsuba) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese This polished shibuichi tsuba shows on its obverse two Sumō wrestlers and a referee. The reverse is apart from the straw enclosure of the ring and the bucket with "power water" (chikara-mizu, 力水), from which a wrestler ceremonially rinses out his mouth prior to a bout, undecorated.. Sword guard (Tsuba) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔) 25715 Stock Photo
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2HHX238

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3648 x 3648 px | 30.9 x 30.9 cm | 12.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

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19 January 2022

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