Lot 569
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A BROAD OVAL SHAKUDO TSUBA, the fine ishime surface with the moon and a hare in kosukashi and bracken in iroe takazogan, signed on the reverse with a kao, 18th century

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A BROAD OVAL SHAKUDO TSUBA, the fine ishime surface with the moon and a hare in kosukashi and bracken in iroe takazogan, signed on the reverse with a kao, 18th century
6.9cm.

Lot Essay

Hakogaki by Dr. Torigoe attributing the tsuba to Yasuchika. The kao is that of the first Yasuchika, but this would seem to be a later generation

Illustrated in Toso soran by Dr. Torigoe, page 279, as the work of the first Yasuchika

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