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EDO PERIOD (17TH--19TH CENTURY)
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EIGHTEEN IRON TSUBA AND TWO SHAKUDO TSUBA
edo period (17th--19th century)
An oval Choshu tsuba, carved and pierced with kiku, signed Choshuju Tomohisa, 3.1/8in. (8cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba in takabori with Fudo Myo-o, details in iro-e zogan, signed Sawa Tomonao and with kao, 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.); an oval tsuba, with a mountainous landscape, 2in (7cm.); an oval Akita Shoami sukashi tsuba of bamboo, 2.7/8in. (7.3cm.); a circular mokume tsuba, with a pierced sickle, 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.); a rounded-square Mino-style tsuba, carved in relief with phoenix and flowers, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); an oval tanto tsuba inlaid with a shibuichi snail, 2.3/8in. (6.1cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba inlaid in soft-metal with sparrows, inscribed Someya Kazunobu, 3in. (7.7cm.); an oval tsuba, in gold nunome zogan, with a pine grove and a bridge, 3in. (7.6cm.); a circular Kinai tsuba, pierced with hollyhock leaves, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku, 3in. (7.6cm.); a rounded-square iron Kaneie-style tsuba, with inlaid figures, inscribed ..koku Fushimi Kaneie, 3in. (8.3cm.); an oval Sendai-style tsuba, with pattern of pine trees in gold nunome zogan, 2in.(7cm.); a circular tsuba pierced with crayfish, 3in. (8.3cm.); a Bizen Shoami sukashi tsuba, with a butterfly, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Shoami, large fan-shaped ryo-hitsu tsuba , 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a mokko Edo Higo-style tsuba, 3.5/8in. (9.3cm.); a rounded-square tsuba, a dragon among clouds, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Soten-style tsuba, with a sennin, inscribed Soten, 2in. (7cm.); a circular Yoshioka-style tsuba, pierced with Genji-mon, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular iron tsuba pierced with crossed leaves within namako (sea cucumber) sukashi, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) (20)
edo period (17th--19th century)
An oval Choshu tsuba, carved and pierced with kiku, signed Choshuju Tomohisa, 3.1/8in. (8cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba in takabori with Fudo Myo-o, details in iro-e zogan, signed Sawa Tomonao and with kao, 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.); an oval tsuba, with a mountainous landscape, 2in (7cm.); an oval Akita Shoami sukashi tsuba of bamboo, 2.7/8in. (7.3cm.); a circular mokume tsuba, with a pierced sickle, 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.); a rounded-square Mino-style tsuba, carved in relief with phoenix and flowers, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); an oval tanto tsuba inlaid with a shibuichi snail, 2.3/8in. (6.1cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba inlaid in soft-metal with sparrows, inscribed Someya Kazunobu, 3in. (7.7cm.); an oval tsuba, in gold nunome zogan, with a pine grove and a bridge, 3in. (7.6cm.); a circular Kinai tsuba, pierced with hollyhock leaves, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku, 3in. (7.6cm.); a rounded-square iron Kaneie-style tsuba, with inlaid figures, inscribed ..koku Fushimi Kaneie, 3in. (8.3cm.); an oval Sendai-style tsuba, with pattern of pine trees in gold nunome zogan, 2in.(7cm.); a circular tsuba pierced with crayfish, 3in. (8.3cm.); a Bizen Shoami sukashi tsuba, with a butterfly, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Shoami, large fan-shaped ryo-hitsu tsuba , 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a mokko Edo Higo-style tsuba, 3.5/8in. (9.3cm.); a rounded-square tsuba, a dragon among clouds, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Soten-style tsuba, with a sennin, inscribed Soten, 2in. (7cm.); a circular Yoshioka-style tsuba, pierced with Genji-mon, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular iron tsuba pierced with crossed leaves within namako (sea cucumber) sukashi, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) (20)