A KAWAJI SCHOOL TSUBA

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A KAWAJI SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1675), SIGNED CHOSHU JU KAWAJI SAHYOE NO JO TOMOTSUNE

The round iron plate is pierced and carved with four water plantain leaves (omodaka) within the rim. The rim has both moulded and running iron bones--height and width 7.8cm., thickness 5.0mm.

Lot Essay

Kawaji Tomotsune (fl. 1675) was the third son of Kawaji Tomomichi (fl. 1650) and the third master of the Kawaji family school. His work is very rare. The omodaka leaf was used as the family crest (mon) of several great daimyo families, including the Matsudaira, Mizuno, Arima, Sakai and Mori.

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