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Definition of Tsubas
1. tsuba [n] - See also: tsuba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsubas
Literary usage of Tsubas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts and Crafts of Old Japan by Stewart Dick (1909)
"Most of the tsubas on the older swords are much more modern than the blades to
which they are attached. In the olden times, when the Samurai fell into evil ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of (1891)
""I have found that by removing the rust from old tsubas with a solution of caustic
potash, washing them thoroughly and then dressing them with linseed oil, ..."
3. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Giving a Descriptive and Critcal Account of by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison (1910)
"The centipede was used to decorate tsubas, this creature being sacred to Bishamon.
This form soon degenerated into a mere pattern, however, the wire legs ..."
4. Classification. Class N: Class N: Fine Arts (1922)
"(tsubas In NK 6784.) C900-G999 Firearms. Guns and pistols. Divided like NK 4700-4799.
(7000-7099) Coins and medals, see NK 6300-99. Cf. CJ, Numismatics. ..."
5. The Wee Ones of Japan by Mae St. John Bramhall (1894)
"... tattered fuksas, and rusty tsubas. He thereupon cast his eyes askance at the
well-filled purse in the hands of a certain American who chanced to be ..."
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