SIGNED AKAO JINZAEMON JOI SAKU, MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
An Echizen Akao Tsuba
Signed Akao Jinzaemon joi saku, mid Edo period (18th century)
The heavy juni [twelve] mokkogata iron plate pierced with a design of twelve linked chains, in nikubori ji-sukashi
2 7/8in. (7.4cm.), thickness 5mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 171
Lot Essay
Jinzaemon was a warrior of the Matsudaira family in Echizen province and became a tsuba maker within the clan.