Ko-Tosho (swordsmith) Tsuba with an ume (plum) sukashi design. It is ubu without hitsu ana dating back to Muromachi period
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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
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
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
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“
Yoshitaka (of the Komai family) was a late-Edo era metalsmith, living and working in the Ueno area of Tōkyō
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
Iron, slight tatemaru-gate, dote mimi with kin and gin zogan carved into the rim. Two hitsu-ana. A nice strong and powerful tsuba
A very interesting tsuba that is nice, well-balanced, and in good condition. Not many in this style are found for sale
Iron, slight mokkō-gata shape with inome (heart-shaped) perforations at the indentations with gomoku-zōgan style of brass ornamentation
Iron, maru-gata, Heianjō tsuba with bits of brass embedded into the iron plate in a style known as “gomoku zōgan”
Iron, maru-gata, hollyhocks in brass inlay. Heianjō style tsuba from muromachi or mid-to-early Edo era
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
The work on this tsuba is in the style of work of Koike Yoshirō
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
Iron, kawarigata tuba, with “water weed” (mogusa) patterns scattered throughout the tsuba in brass inlay