Lot Essay
The artist for the first tsuba Masamitsu belonged to the Aizu Shoami school.
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AN IRON TSUBA BY MASAMITSU
Of circular form decorated with a group of people setting off in a boat in takabori, gold and iroe takazogan, the reverse with a herdsman crossing a river on an ox, signed Ichiryusai Masamitsu, late Edo period (18th/19th century), 7.6cm.
Of circular form decorated with a group of people setting off in a boat in takabori, gold and iroe takazogan, the reverse with a herdsman crossing a river on an ox, signed Ichiryusai Masamitsu, late Edo period (18th/19th century), 7.6cm.