EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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THREE IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (17th Century)
An oval iron plate pierced in kagesukashi with wisteria, signed Kaneshige, Hoan School; an oval iron tsushimeji tsuba inlaid in iroe takazogan with a man playing with a snail on a stone lantern, signed Kaneshige (for the plate), decoration early Nara School; and an aorigata iron tsuchimeji plate with a raised rim, chiselled with two chrysanthemums in kebori, with signature Inoue Shinka and dated Enpo Kyu (1681)
7.1cm., 6.9cm. and 6.1cm. (3)

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Lot Essay

For the artist of the first and second see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p537, no.02544
For a similar example to the second see Henri L. Joly, Japanese Sword Fittings: Collection of G.H. Naunton, (London, 1912), pl.XLVII, no.1184

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