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  A Katchushi style amida-yasuri tsuba

  Iron, marugata, simple sukashi image of flower. Slight amida-yasuri lines radiating out from the center. Done in Katchushi style (katchushi were armor manufacturers who made simple, yet functional tsuba in the Muromachi era

  $396
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  A fine Tosho Gunbai tsuba

  Iron, marugata, Tosho style of design with sukashi image of gunbai (war fan). The military commander’s fan (gunbai) was cherished by the samurai warriors

  $460
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  Big horse-riding equipment themed tsuba

  Iron, tatemaru-gata, image of horse-riding equipment: saddle, stirrups, riding crop on the recto, and bridle on the verso

  $380
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  Tsuba of Emperor Liu Bei’s escape

  Iron, marugata, carving done in takabori style, depicting a scene from the Three Kingdoms, where Emperor Liu Bei escapes his pursuers by crossing the Tan River

  $380
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  A large Owari sukashi tsuba

  Iron, marugata, Owari, or possibly Shōami tsuba with sukashi depicting a spool motif with inner mokkō design

  $476
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  Large Soten style tsuba

  Iron, marugata, openwork design done in Sōten style of what appears to be a Chinese sage with a retainer, and two phoenixes flying overhead. Highlights of gold and silver inlay

  $460
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  Beautiful Hizen Nagasaki Jakushi tsuba of Chinese poet So Tōba

  This tsuba is one of the best of Hizen Jakushi school tsuba I have ever seen. Its a rare, large sized, very unique and skillfully done example, which also appears to be in near pristine condition and is absolutely gorgeous in hand

  $800
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  A Mito, Oyama style tsuba

  Mito, Oyama style tsuba. In great condition and very nice patina

  $380
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  Nice tsuba in excellent condition

  The varying carving techniques, as well as the colored metals, draw the viewer’s attention around the tsuba. Excellent condition

  $580
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  Saotome Tsuba

  A beautiful example of an iron tsuba from the Saotome school with a very good patina. This tsuba is in excellent conditions and all lines of the petal remain intact

  $700
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  Wan-gata katchu-shi style tsuba

  Done in katchu-shi style, it is slightly unusual to see such a tsuba in the wan-gata style

  $236
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  A powerful Bushu Bamboo tsuba

  A powerful tsuba in the Bushū style,  with a hint of elegance in the design

  $396
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  Tsuba, signed Kofu-ju Namitoshi

  Namitoshi was a late Edo era metalworker, working in the Bushū style

  $260
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  A nice Owari tsuba

  Iron, maru-gata, sukashi tsuba, Owari tsuba of abstract design, with two hitsu-ana

  $196
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  Superb Masakiyo tsuba in pristine condition

  Masakiyo (civilian name of Takabayashi Isagi) was born in Shizuoka in 1929. Few examples of this smith’s work are in existence today

  $1.796
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  Chōshū Hagi-jū Sakunoshin Tomohisa Daisho set

  This is a remarkably well-preserved set from the late Edo period. Sakunoshin Tomohisa was a metalworker from the late Edo period

  $956