FIVE IRON TSUBA

EDO PERIOD (17TH-19TH CENTURY)

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FIVE IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
A broad oval iron plate formed as a pine tree and a monkey in yo sukashi, copper and gilt details, unsigned, Shoami School; a round iron tsuba carved and inlaid in Hikonebori, with Chinese sages, unsigned, Shoami School; a jujigata iron tsuba pierced in ko-sukashi with a tumbler toy; a round iron tsuba carved and pierced with water wheels and straw hats, unsigned; and an oval iron tsuba pierced with stylised fans
8.5cm., 8.2cm., 7cm., 7.5cm. and 7.2cm. (5)

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For a similar example to the first see Joe Earle, Lethal Elegance: Samurai Sword Fittings (Boston, 2004), p.48
For a similar example to the second see B.W. Robinson, The Baur Collection: Japanese Sword-Fittings and Assiciated Metalwork, (Geneva, 1980), D1958

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