A ROUNDED-SQUARE NORITSUGU TSUBA

SIGNED NORITSUGU AND KAO, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A ROUNDED-SQUARE NORITSUGU TSUBA
Signed Noritsugu and kao, late 19th Century
A thin iron plate decorated with a design of a sparrow in slight looking back at a plum tree, the reverse with a cicada on a pine in sukidashi bori and iroe takazogan, hammered mimi
7.6cm.

Lot Essay

Noritsugu was a student of the first generation Kazunori (Fukawa), the son of the famous drama writer. Kazunori studied drawing under Katsushika Hokusai. Sword fittings made within his school are based on good designs.

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