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

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AN INLAID IRON TSUBA
Signed Goshu Hikone ju Kaneishi Nomura Kanenori Tsukuru, Edo Period (18th Century)
The kakumokkogata iron plate carved and inlaid with copper and gilt, with Shiba Shojo writing his prediction on a bridge pole
8.9cm.

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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), p850
Nomura Kanenori was a pupil of the first Soten at Hikone, there was also a second generation

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