Lot Essay
For reference about the episode depicted on the first, see Joe Earle, Lethal Elegance: Samurai Sword Fittings, (Boston, 2004), p.94
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SHAKUDO TSUBA AND AN IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shakudo nanako plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with the episode of the General's Race at Uji Gawa during the Gempei Wars, with full Soten signature; and a mokkogata iron plate carved and inlaid in Hikone bori with the poet Li Po by a waterfall, attended by a karako [a boy dressed in ancient Chinese clothes], with full Soten signature
6.8cm. and 8.5cm. (2)
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shakudo nanako plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with the episode of the General's Race at Uji Gawa during the Gempei Wars, with full Soten signature; and a mokkogata iron plate carved and inlaid in Hikone bori with the poet Li Po by a waterfall, attended by a karako [a boy dressed in ancient Chinese clothes], with full Soten signature
6.8cm. and 8.5cm. (2)
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