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AN INLAID SHIBUICHI TSUBA
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AN INLAID SHIBUICHI TSUBA

SIGNED TETSUGENDO NAOSHIGE AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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AN INLAID SHIBUICHI TSUBA
Signed Tetsugendo Naoshige and Kao, Edo Period (18th Century)
The oval shibuichi plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with Tekkai Sennin blowing his soul to heaven on the front side, and Gama Sennin on the reverse
6.6cm.
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Lot Essay

For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.1339-40, no.06772-3
There were two generations of Tetsugendo Naoshige (also known as Shoraku) working in Kyoto

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