A TSUBA BY AKASAKA TADATOKI AND NINE OTHERS
A TSUBA BY AKASAKA TADATOKI AND NINE OTHERS

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A TSUBA BY AKASAKA TADATOKI AND NINE OTHERS
Oval, a flowering cherry and distant pine trees in yo-sukashi, signed Tadatoki, 7.1cm; round, waterwheels and chidori in yo-sukashi, Kyo-sukashi school, 8.6cm; round, pierced with fans and foliage, signed Bushu ju Masanobu, 7.5cm; round, a cockerel on a drum, signed Bushu ju Masakata, 6.9cm; irregular oval, a flowering plum branch, gilt details, Shoami, 8cm; oval, omodaka by a stream, gilt details, inscribed Goto Shunju, 7.2cm; oval, a saihai, drum and baton in yo-sukashi, signed Bushu ju Masafusa, 6.8cm; oval, a dragon and clouds in iron and shakudo takazogan, gilt details, inscribed Omori Terumasa and kao, 7.1cm; round, Owari with a stylised design, 7.6cm and another, chidori in sukashi, 6.6cm, both corroded, all 16th-19th century

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