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A Ko-Mino Tsuba
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A Ko-Mino Tsuba

MOMOYAMA-EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A Ko-Mino Tsuba
Momoyama-Edo period (17th century)
The yamagane tsuba formed as chrysanthemum and pierced with a Buddhist wheel, the inside of the rim lined with a band of gilt beads

3in. (7.7cm.) diameter
With a certificate of registration as Juyo tosogu (Important Sword Fitting) no. 4760 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) dated 1974.6.1

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo

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PUBLISHED:
The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, ed., Kaikan kinen tosogu meihin ten (Exhibition commemorating the museum's opening, exhibition of masterpieces of sword fittings), exh. cat. (Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings: Tokyo, 1994), no. 19, p. 12.