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  • Ko-Hagi/Chōshū Daisho tsuba set

    Ko-Hagi/Chōshū Daisho tsuba set

    Image of chrysanthemums in positive and negative silhouette in the so-called “Ko-Hagi” style. To find a daisho pair of tsuba in this condition is becoming more and more rare

    751
  • A Kaga wan-gata tsuba

    A Kaga wan-gata tsuba

    his tsuba bears similarity to one found in the catalogue (see photo) signed Sadayuki (貞之) of Kaga province, both in shape and carving style. This tsuba may be an unsigned work of Sadayuki, or one of his contemporaries in Kaga

    411
  • A unique Owari tsuba

    A unique Owari tsuba

    Iron, six-lobed mokkō-gata tsuba with of inome (heart-shapes) arranged symmetrically inside of six-sided geometric pattern in sukashi on the inside of the tsuba

    449
  • Big Choshu tsuba by Zensuke Tomotsune

    Big Choshu tsuba by Zensuke Tomotsune

    Zensuke Tomotsune was a highly-regarded smith from Chōshū, and a retainer of the Mōri clan. Robert Haynes says this about Tomotsune; “he is considered first among all the Chōshū workers

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  • Tsuba, signed Iwamoto-ju Yoshitaka

    Yoshitaka (of the Komai family) was a late-Edo era metalsmith, living and working in the Ueno area of Tōkyō

    336
  • A Sendai tsuba w/ seal

    A Sendai tsuba w/ seal

    Inlay of gold seal bearing a single kanji (possibly 来 or 栄). The design of rain dragons in gold inlay are typical of the Sendai school

    336
  • A big Katchushi style tsuba

    A big Katchushi style tsuba

    Iron, slight tatemaru-gate, dote mimi with kin and gin zogan carved into the rim. Two hitsu-ana. A nice strong and powerful tsuba

    170
  • A rare Tokei tsuba

    A rare Tokei tsuba

    A very interesting tsuba that is nice, well-balanced, and in good condition. Not many in this style are found for sale

    604
  • Heianjo gomoku-zogan inome tsuba

    Heianjo gomoku-zogan inome tsuba

    Iron, slight mokkō-gata shape with inome (heart-shaped) perforations at the indentations with gomoku-zōgan style of brass ornamentation

    245
  • Heianjo gomoku zogan tsuba

    Heianjo gomoku zogan tsuba

    Iron, maru-gata, Heianjō tsuba with bits of brass embedded into the iron plate in a style known as “gomoku zōgan”

    223
  • Heianjo maru-gata, hollyhock tsuba

    Heianjo maru-gata, hollyhock tsuba

    Iron, maru-gata, hollyhocks in brass inlay. Heianjō style tsuba from muromachi or mid-to-early Edo era

    411
  • Maru-gata Yoshiro style tsuba

    Maru-gata Yoshiro style tsuba

    Iron, maru-gata Yoshirō style tsuba with brass inlay of maple leaves and bamboo, with six roundels of bell flowers in a typical Yoshirō design

    449
  • Tsuba in style of Koike Yoshiro

    Tsuba in style of Koike Yoshiro

    The work on this tsuba is in the style of work of Koike Yoshirō

    562
  • Heianjo Mokko Zougan Kiku Karakusazu Tsuba

    Heianjo Mokko Zougan Kiku Karakusazu Tsuba

    A seldom seen variation of a typical Yoshirō tsuba. Its seems slightly unusual to have a mokko-gata shape with “okezoko-mimi” on a Yoshirō tsuba

    1.132
  • Heianjo/Yoshiro Mogusa tsuba

    Heianjo/Yoshiro Mogusa tsuba

    Iron, kawarigata tuba, with “water weed” (mogusa) patterns scattered throughout the tsuba in brass inlay

    358
  • Classic Heianjo/Yoshiro tsuba

    Classic Heianjo/Yoshiro tsuba

    A classic Heianjō/Yoshirō style tsuba design from the Edo era

    283
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