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C002 - Nami Guruma 波車
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Tsuba with a pattern of breaking waves, with on a background, a 12-spokes wheel design.
Maru gata shape (Round), Dote mimi gata border (wide rim), with Kozuka and Kogai Ana.
Material: Copper, with black patina
Size: 75 x 73 x 5.3 mm
Weight: 123g
This tsuba is Sukashi type, with opening work. It is a replica of a historical Tsuba that belonged to the “Yagyu” swordsman family. The Tsuba of this sword school were ordered and made for a functional purpose, adapted to their sword handling techniques.
The wheel is the 'wheel of Dharma' for Buddhists. The 12 spokes of it represent the 12 links of dependent origin taught by the Buddha. They include the concepts of ignorance, social formations, consciousness, the constituents of a living being, the six senses (including the mind), contact, sensation, thirst, grasp, of birth, rebirth, old age and death.
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