A CIRCULAR IRON TSUBA carved in yosukashi with torii, the surface slightly worn, signed Tosa Kuni ju Miochin Kii Toshio, early 19th Century, 7.2 cm; and a shallow aoigata iron tsuba, brass inlaid with kikyo and karakusa, inomebori at top and bottom, Heianjo school, 17th Century, 8 cm (2)

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A CIRCULAR IRON TSUBA carved in yosukashi with torii, the surface slightly worn, signed Tosa Kuni ju Miochin Kii Toshio, early 19th Century, 7.2 cm; and a shallow aoigata iron tsuba, brass inlaid with kikyo and karakusa, inomebori at top and bottom, Heianjo school, 17th Century, 8 cm (2)

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Toshio was one of the Tosa Miochin artists influenced by the Akasaka school

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