THE FIRST SIGEND ECHIZEN JU KINAI, 19TH CENTURY
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Ten iron tsuba including Kinai
The first sigend Echizen ju Kinai, 19th Century
Circular Kinai pierced with a design of dragon, 8.1cm.; circular iron decorated with crabs, 7.5cm.; lobed iron Bushu pierced with gohei, 7.6cm.; small oval iron decorated with a plum tree, 5.4cm.; iron mokkogata, the plate carved with mokume patterns and inlaid with brass dots, 6.9cm.; iron Higo style pierced with a design of pine trees, 6.6cm.; rounded-square iron carved in relief with kiri and kiku, 7.6cm.; large rounded-square carved in relief with a dragon and clouds, 8.5cm.; circular iron, with characters inlaid in brass, 7cm.; and a large Tosho tsuba pierced with a design of stylized monkey, 8.2cm. (10)
The first sigend Echizen ju Kinai, 19th Century
Circular Kinai pierced with a design of dragon, 8.1cm.; circular iron decorated with crabs, 7.5cm.; lobed iron Bushu pierced with gohei, 7.6cm.; small oval iron decorated with a plum tree, 5.4cm.; iron mokkogata, the plate carved with mokume patterns and inlaid with brass dots, 6.9cm.; iron Higo style pierced with a design of pine trees, 6.6cm.; rounded-square iron carved in relief with kiri and kiku, 7.6cm.; large rounded-square carved in relief with a dragon and clouds, 8.5cm.; circular iron, with characters inlaid in brass, 7cm.; and a large Tosho tsuba pierced with a design of stylized monkey, 8.2cm. (10)