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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE SECOND INSCRIBED SHOAMI YOSHIKAZU
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Two Iron Tsuba and a Shoami-School Iron Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), the second inscribed Shoami Yoshikazu
The first, a mokko-gata ishime-ji iron plate hammered and carved on the surface and applied with a dragon in gold takazogan; the second, a Shoami-school circular iron plate applied with a gold-foil design of a dragon emerging from a river beneath a bridge, the reverse with lotus leaves on a pond, gold rim; the third, an iron mokko plate deeply carved with dragons in crashing waves, gilt highlights
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.8cm.); 3in. (7.6cm.) long (3)
Edo period (19th century), the second inscribed Shoami Yoshikazu
The first, a mokko-gata ishime-ji iron plate hammered and carved on the surface and applied with a dragon in gold takazogan; the second, a Shoami-school circular iron plate applied with a gold-foil design of a dragon emerging from a river beneath a bridge, the reverse with lotus leaves on a pond, gold rim; the third, an iron mokko plate deeply carved with dragons in crashing waves, gilt highlights
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.8cm.); 3in. (7.6cm.) long (3)