A SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA

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A SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1625), SIGNED KUNIYASU

The round iron plate tapers slightly to the edge. The surface is decorated with cloud-like tiny hammer marks, mainly in the center. The ryo-hitsu are of kogai shape. The edge has delicate iron bones. The right-hand side of the seppa-dai is signed--height 9.4cm., width 9cm., thickness at center 3.75mm., at edge 2.75cm.

Lot Essay

Kuniyasu was a swordsmith who lived at Aizu in Iwashiro Province. He studied under Yoshikawa Kanesada I circa 1600. He also appears to have worked in Echizen Province. Both his swords and his tsuba are rare.