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A collection of twenty tsuba
THE FIRST SIGNED ECHIZEN JU KINAI, 17TH TO 19TH CENTURY
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A collection of twenty tsuba
The first signed Echizen ju Kinai, 17th to 19th Century
Otafukugata iron Kinai pierced with aoi, 7.5cm.; mokkogata iron with a decoration of clouds, later Jingo, 8.4cm.; seven iron circular and oval, including one with a carving of a boat, 7.5cm.; house and flowers, 6.7cm.; flowers in katakiribori, signed ..yu, 7.5cm.; inlays of leaves, 6.7cm.; pierced with a leaf, 7.6cm.; another pierced with fans, 7.5cm.; Tosho style pierced with a sakura, 7cm.; thick iron lobed, 6.4cm.; copper oval decorated with a procession of foxes, 6.4cm; another carved with a dragon, with signature Goto Mitsuhiro, (wear), 6.6cm.; iron with a cross and flower petals, 7.1cm.; iron mokkogata inlaid with mushrooms, 6.7cm.; kawari-mokkogata iron Owari pierced with sceptre heads, 7.4cm.; iron convex aorigata-tsuba, 6.6cm.; and four various iron tanto tsuba, approx. 5cm. to 6cm. (20)
The first signed Echizen ju Kinai, 17th to 19th Century
Otafukugata iron Kinai pierced with aoi, 7.5cm.; mokkogata iron with a decoration of clouds, later Jingo, 8.4cm.; seven iron circular and oval, including one with a carving of a boat, 7.5cm.; house and flowers, 6.7cm.; flowers in katakiribori, signed ..yu, 7.5cm.; inlays of leaves, 6.7cm.; pierced with a leaf, 7.6cm.; another pierced with fans, 7.5cm.; Tosho style pierced with a sakura, 7cm.; thick iron lobed, 6.4cm.; copper oval decorated with a procession of foxes, 6.4cm; another carved with a dragon, with signature Goto Mitsuhiro, (wear), 6.6cm.; iron with a cross and flower petals, 7.1cm.; iron mokkogata inlaid with mushrooms, 6.7cm.; kawari-mokkogata iron Owari pierced with sceptre heads, 7.4cm.; iron convex aorigata-tsuba, 6.6cm.; and four various iron tanto tsuba, approx. 5cm. to 6cm. (20)