THE SECOND SIGNED BUSHU JU MASAKATA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A collection of twenty tsuba including a Higo tsuba
The second signed Bushu ju Masakata, 18th/19th Century
Small oval copper decorated with flowers in shippo, 5.9cm.; circular iron pierced with a design of drum and a cockerel, 7.2cm.; mokkogata iron boldly pierced, Myochin style, 7.5cm.; iron in the form of an indented cross, 7.2cm.; irregularly shaped iron Higo pierced with a design of windows and kiri, 8.3cm.; iron lobed tsuba, the plate entirely decorated with brass zogan, 6.5cm.; rounded-square iron depicting a man rowing a boat, Saga, 6.9cm.; large rounded-square, iron decorated with a monkey catching the moon, 8.1cm.; circular iron, the rim with a band of pierced hishi, 6.8cm.; and a circular iron tsuba pierced with a design of bamboo, 7cm.; and ten others (20)
The second signed Bushu ju Masakata, 18th/19th Century
Small oval copper decorated with flowers in shippo, 5.9cm.; circular iron pierced with a design of drum and a cockerel, 7.2cm.; mokkogata iron boldly pierced, Myochin style, 7.5cm.; iron in the form of an indented cross, 7.2cm.; irregularly shaped iron Higo pierced with a design of windows and kiri, 8.3cm.; iron lobed tsuba, the plate entirely decorated with brass zogan, 6.5cm.; rounded-square iron depicting a man rowing a boat, Saga, 6.9cm.; large rounded-square, iron decorated with a monkey catching the moon, 8.1cm.; circular iron, the rim with a band of pierced hishi, 6.8cm.; and a circular iron tsuba pierced with a design of bamboo, 7cm.; and ten others (20)