THE FIRST SIGNED HIDEYOSHI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A collection of ten iron tsuba including Katchushi tsuba
The first signed Hideyoshi, 18th/19th Century
An oval iron decorated with two warriors in iroe takazogan, 6.6cm.; small rounded-square depicting a dragonfly and ants in brass zogan, 5.8cm.; another pierced with various Genji-mon and decorated in brass zogan, 7.2cm.; circular iron Owari style pierced with two opposing cranes within a circle, 7.3cm.; oval iron Katchushi, the rim with a band of rivets, 8.3cm.; irregularly shaped iron Edo Higo partly pierced and decorated with scrolls and clouds in gold and silver nunome zogan, 7.8cm.; circular iron pierced with kidney shaped panels and decorated with kiku flowerheads in brass Yoshiro style zogan, (one missing), 7.6cm.; iron tsuba formed as eight open fans, 7cm.; rounded-square iron Owari pierced with a design of waves, 7.2cm.; and a circular iron tsuba formed as two feathers, 6.9cm. (10)
The first signed Hideyoshi, 18th/19th Century
An oval iron decorated with two warriors in iroe takazogan, 6.6cm.; small rounded-square depicting a dragonfly and ants in brass zogan, 5.8cm.; another pierced with various Genji-mon and decorated in brass zogan, 7.2cm.; circular iron Owari style pierced with two opposing cranes within a circle, 7.3cm.; oval iron Katchushi, the rim with a band of rivets, 8.3cm.; irregularly shaped iron Edo Higo partly pierced and decorated with scrolls and clouds in gold and silver nunome zogan, 7.8cm.; circular iron pierced with kidney shaped panels and decorated with kiku flowerheads in brass Yoshiro style zogan, (one missing), 7.6cm.; iron tsuba formed as eight open fans, 7cm.; rounded-square iron Owari pierced with a design of waves, 7.2cm.; and a circular iron tsuba formed as two feathers, 6.9cm. (10)