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Similar pieces illustrated in Torigoe Kazutaro, Tankan shoki (Token Shunju Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1976), p.62 and 63.
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A BIZEN YOSHIRO MON-SUKASHI TSUBA
16th Century
The iron mokkogata tsuba pierced with mon-sukashi of butterfly, kikyo, kiri and other leaves decorated in brass zogan, the plate similarly decorated with karakusa in the manner of Saburodayu 8.2cm.
16th Century
The iron mokkogata tsuba pierced with mon-sukashi of butterfly, kikyo, kiri and other leaves decorated in brass zogan, the plate similarly decorated with karakusa in the manner of Saburodayu 8.2cm.