Lot Essay
Jinzaemon was a warrior of the Matsudaira family in Echizen Province and became a tsuba maker within the clan.
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A TSUBA BY AKAO JINZAEMONJO AND NINE OTHERS
Oval, carved with the one hundred monkeys design, signed Echizen kuni Akao Jinsaemonjo saku, 6.9cm; round, sukashi of butterflies and grasses, signed Kurosawa Gishiki, 7.4cm; round, mokume hada, round, a sage in iron takazogan holding a silver peony, his robe with silver and gilt hirazogan, inscribed Nagamori, Omori Eishu, 7.6cm; round, a kanji in yo-sukashi, 7.9cm; oval, butterflies and grasses in yo-sukashi, 6.9cm; round, formed as a circle of mon, 6.5cm; round, sedge hats in copper and brass inlay, Heianjo school, 7.3cm; oval, the plate carved to imitate a helmet bowl, inscribed Miochin Nobuie, 7.2cm; oval, a cloaked figure, signed Ichiriu, 7.5cm and a cast tsuba, all 16th-19th century (10)
Oval, carved with the one hundred monkeys design, signed Echizen kuni Akao Jinsaemonjo saku, 6.9cm; round, sukashi of butterflies and grasses, signed Kurosawa Gishiki, 7.4cm; round, mokume hada, round, a sage in iron takazogan holding a silver peony, his robe with silver and gilt hirazogan, inscribed Nagamori, Omori Eishu, 7.6cm; round, a kanji in yo-sukashi, 7.9cm; oval, butterflies and grasses in yo-sukashi, 6.9cm; round, formed as a circle of mon, 6.5cm; round, sedge hats in copper and brass inlay, Heianjo school, 7.3cm; oval, the plate carved to imitate a helmet bowl, inscribed Miochin Nobuie, 7.2cm; oval, a cloaked figure, signed Ichiriu, 7.5cm and a cast tsuba, all 16th-19th century (10)