A ROUNDED-SQUARE MYOCHIN YASUCHIKA (NARI) TSUBA

SIGNED SHINGENKO KONOMI NO ZU [SHINGEN'S FAVOURITE DRAWING], NARAU NOBUIE [AFTER NOBUIE], MYOCHIN YASUCHIKA, 19TH CENTURY

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A ROUNDED-SQUARE MYOCHIN YASUCHIKA (NARI) TSUBA
Signed Shingenko konomi no zu [Shingen's favourite drawing], narau Nobuie [after Nobuie], Myochin Yasuchika, 19th Century
Rounded square iron with slight aori gata, tsichime-ji plate carved in sukidashibori with a centipede along the rim, the reverse similarly decorated with a wheel, hammered mimi
8.6cm.

Provenance

Naunton Collection

Lot Essay

Illustrated in Red Cross Exhibition Catalogue

Illustrated in Joly, H.L. Naunton Collection Japanese Sword Fittings (Holland Press, 1973, London), no. 23.

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