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TWO INLAID IRON TSUBA

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

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TWO INLAID IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
An oval iron plate carved and inlaid with a karashishi and peony in gilt and shakudo takazogan, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa; and a kawarigata iron plate chiseled in low relief with a pine tree and moon, gilt detail, signed Munemasa and Kao
7.6cm. and 8.2cm. (2)
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Lot Essay

For the second see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.1214, no.06131
For a similar subject to the first see Henri L. Joly, Japanese Sword Fittings in the G.H. Naunton Collection, (London, 1912), no.1926, pl.LXI

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