A BROAD OVAL SENTOKU TSUCHIMEJI TSUBA, marumimi, grapevine and trellis in shakudo hirazogan (sumiezogan), signed Hisanori, 18th Century
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A BROAD OVAL SENTOKU TSUCHIMEJI TSUBA, marumimi, grapevine and trellis in shakudo hirazogan (sumiezogan), signed Hisanori, 18th Century
8.4 cm.
Lot Essay
Cf. Wakayama, Kinko Jiten. p. 356, where Hisanori is noted as working in Umetada style; in later works the note is omitted, and perhaps the tsuba should be regarded as Shoami work