A Pair of Shakudo Tsuba (Daisho)

EDO PERIOD (SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY), SIGNED SENDAI JU KIYOSADA [KUSAKARI KIYOSADA (ACTIVE SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY)]

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A Pair of Shakudo Tsuba (Daisho)
Edo period (second half 18th century), signed Sendai ju Kiyosada [Kusakari Kiyosada (active second half 18th century)]
Circular shakudo migaki-ji plate designed with war fans in gold fukurin and gold and copper hirazogan, the rim gold
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
With a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu (Sword-Fitting Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 1997.2.21 (2)

Lot Essay

Kusakari Kiyosada was one of the most talented tsuba makers from Sendai and was retained by the Date family. His favorite designs for tsuba were war fans rendered in gold wire and inlays against a shakudo ground. For another Kiyosada tsuba, see Soken Kodogu Chiyoda-kai, eds., Tsuba (Tokyo: Shibata Bijutsu Tokenten toshobu, 1963), no. 297.

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