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NINE VARIOUS TSUBA
A mokkogata irogane nanako tsuba carved with karashishi and peony in brass takazogan, 7.2cm.; a mokkogata shakudo tsuba with the decoration of cranes and pine tree in gilt takazogan, 6.9cm.; an oval iron tsuba, 5.9cm.; a circular convex iron tsuba lightly engraved with pine needle patterns, 7.4cm.; and a shakudo aoi-gata tsuba with the decoration of karakusa in kebori, pierced with inome, 7.5cm.; a brass aoi-gata tsuba with inome piercings, 8.1cm.; an oval copper tsuba with figure and a shrine gate, 6.5cm.; an iron mokkogata tsuba depicting chidori and waves, 7.7cm.; and a circular iron tsuba decorated with a dragon clasping a tama, signed Masakatsu and a seal, 6.2cm., all late Edo period (19th century) (9)

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