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A GROUP OF FOUR TSUBA
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THE FIRST OF ROUND FORM, IRON AND CARVED IN RELIEF WITH FUKUROKUJU PETTING A DEER, THE REVERSE WITH HOTEI SLEEPING ON HIS BAG BENEATH A PINE TREE, INSCRIBED ISSANDO JOI; MINO SCHOOL MOKKOGATA YAMAGANE NANAKO CARVED WITH HAGI (BUSH CLOVER) AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS, AND THE ANIMALS OF THE ZODIAC; THE THIRD EXAMPLE, MITO SCHOOL, OF IRON AND CARVED AND INLAID WITH A HAWK PERCHED ON A BRANCH OF FLOWERING PLUM, THE REVERSE DEPICTING MT. FUJI INLAID WITH SILVER, UNSIGNED; THE FOURTH, OF CIRCULAR SHAPE, PIERCED WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS, FAN AND CLOUDS, SIGNED TOKINAO (4)
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THE FIRST OF ROUND FORM, IRON AND CARVED IN RELIEF WITH FUKUROKUJU PETTING A DEER, THE REVERSE WITH HOTEI SLEEPING ON HIS BAG BENEATH A PINE TREE, INSCRIBED ISSANDO JOI; MINO SCHOOL MOKKOGATA YAMAGANE NANAKO CARVED WITH HAGI (BUSH CLOVER) AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS, AND THE ANIMALS OF THE ZODIAC; THE THIRD EXAMPLE, MITO SCHOOL, OF IRON AND CARVED AND INLAID WITH A HAWK PERCHED ON A BRANCH OF FLOWERING PLUM, THE REVERSE DEPICTING MT. FUJI INLAID WITH SILVER, UNSIGNED; THE FOURTH, OF CIRCULAR SHAPE, PIERCED WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS, FAN AND CLOUDS, SIGNED TOKINAO (4)