EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSHIFUSA, REVERSE WITH KAO
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A Tanaka School Tsuba
Edo period (18th century), signed Toshifusa, reverse with kao
The iron ishime-ji plate carved in taka-bori and shishiai-bori with fying plovers, fishing nets drying beside pine trees, a full moon and a rocky stream in gold and silver zogan
3in. (7.6cm.) long
With Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu (Sword-Fitting Particularly Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 440952 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 2001.4.13
Lot Essay
PUBLISHED: Token Bijutsu (Issue 559, 2003), no 40.