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AN INLAID IRON TSUBA
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AN INLAID IRON TSUBA

SIGNED GOSHU HIKONE JU KANEISHI NOMURA KANENORI AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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AN INLAID IRON TSUBA
Signed Goshu Hikone ju Kaneishi Nomura Kanenori and Kao, Edo Period (18th Century)
The rokumokkogata iron plate, formed as Mount Fuji within the rim, with the Buddhist priest and poet, Saigyo Hoshi in iroe-takazogan, gilt details
7.5cm.
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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.532, no.02519
For a similar example see V.F Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, Dictionaire a l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objects d'art Japonais et Chinois, (Paris, 1923), vol.2, p.120
Nomura Kanenori was a pupil of the first Soten at Hikone

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