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A SWORDSMITH'S SCHOOL TSUBA
LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1865-75), SIGNED YOSHITANE
The iron plate is a rounded rectangular shape and has a raised rim with a squared edge. The polished plate is carved in very high relief with a figure of the Buddha and a small branch of a tree. On the upper left a bird is inlaid in shibuichi. The reverse is decorated with the thatched roof of a farmhouse with a fishnet drying on the top. At the center of the plate is an inlaid gold two-story pagoda set amongst trees--height 8.3cm., width 7.7cm., thickness 4mm.
