Iron, maru-gata, sukashi tsuba, Owari tsuba of abstract design, with two hitsu-ana.
Mei/signature:
Mumei
School/province:
Owari
Period/age:
Edo
Measures:
7.00 cm x 6.80 cm x 0.40 cm
Certificate:
No
Included:
NO kiri box included
€231
Availability: In stock
Iron, maru-gata, sukashi tsuba, Owari tsuba of abstract design, with two hitsu-ana
Iron, maru-gata, sukashi tsuba, Owari tsuba of abstract design, with two hitsu-ana.
Mei/signature:
Mumei
School/province:
Owari
Period/age:
Edo
Measures:
7.00 cm x 6.80 cm x 0.40 cm
Certificate:
No
Included:
NO kiri box included
Similar works can be seen by Tetsugendo Naoshige and Naofusa who excelled in using well-forged iron
Bushū Itō sukashi style. A detailed depiction of a conch-shell (horagai) used for signaling on the battlefield
Iron, tatemaru-gata, raised rim and hammer marks, with image of the poet Li Bai admiring a waterfall under pine trees
A very nice Ko-Tosho Tsuba of iron or steel in simple design and only 2 mm thickness. These Tsuba were produced from as early as Kamakura-period or even end of Heian-period by sword makers. It is a common theory that Ko-Tosho Tsuba were even made from leftover material from swords