A KAMON SUKASHI IRON TSUBA

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A KAMON SUKASHI IRON TSUBA
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The circular guard, thinning towards the rim, is pierced opposite the kozuka-hitsu with a single kamon; the ji with a moist, deep brown patina, unsigned, diameter 7.0 cm

Accompanied by a Futsu kicho ninteisho, no. 5, dated Showa 38 (1963), issued by the N.B.T.H.K.