Lot Essay
For a piece in iron with the same design which is signed Mito jyu Michitoshi saku, see Voctor Harris and Nobuo Ogasawara, Swords of The Samurai (London, 1990), p.153, pl. 118.
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A MITO TSUJYU TSUBA, A JINGO TSUBA AND A COPPER TSUBA 19th Century
A rounded-square Tsujyu (Michinaga) tsuba, the shakudo nanako plate depicting Shoki and oni in shakudo takazogan; an aoi-gata iron Jingo tsuba decorated with a dragon in gilt nunome zogan; and a circular copper tsuba decorated with Chokaro and a sennin in iroe takazogan, with shakudo mimi
6.6cm., 7.8cm. and 6.9cm. (3)
A rounded-square Tsujyu (Michinaga) tsuba, the shakudo nanako plate depicting Shoki and oni in shakudo takazogan; an aoi-gata iron Jingo tsuba decorated with a dragon in gilt nunome zogan; and a circular copper tsuba decorated with Chokaro and a sennin in iroe takazogan, with shakudo mimi
6.6cm., 7.8cm. and 6.9cm. (3)