A CIRCULAR IRON AKASAKA TSUBA depicting five bell-crickets (suzumushi) in yosukashi, 18th century, 7.3 cm.; another with distant pines and paulownia in yosukashi and kebori, late Nishigaki style, 18th century, 7.4 cm.; and a Kanayama tsuba formed as a tea-jar (chatsubo) in yosukashi within a circular bamboo- shaped rim, 17th century, 7.1 cm. (3)

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A CIRCULAR IRON AKASAKA TSUBA depicting five bell-crickets (suzumushi) in yosukashi, 18th century, 7.3 cm.; another with distant pines and paulownia in yosukashi and kebori, late Nishigaki style, 18th century, 7.4 cm.; and a Kanayama tsuba formed as a tea-jar (chatsubo) in yosukashi within a circular bamboo- shaped rim, 17th century, 7.1 cm. (3)

拍品專文

For a similar tsuba design to the last, see the catalogue of Japanese Arms and Armour, Tokyo National Museum, 1976, No. 415