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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A somewhat abstract design of crickets and autumn grasses with fine metalwork, done by what appears to be an early Edo master of the Akasaka school
Two spiny lobsters arranged asymmetrically in sukashi inside of a circular rim with hitsu for kōgai and kozuka
Iron, jūnimokkō-gata tsuba with images of twelve family crests in sukashi, in small circles arranged around the perimeter of the tsuba. Higo, after Hayashi
Iron, round-shaped, with image of family crest motifs in sukashi. Most certainly Hayashi school
Iron, tatemaru-gata, raised rim and hammer marks, with image of the poet Li Bai admiring a waterfall under pine trees
The theme and composition is typical for either a smith from one of the Echizen schools, or from the Bushū school
Iron, round-shaped tsuba with image of pine trees through mist, done in Akasaka-style sukashi
Iron, mokkō-gata shape, with sukashi image of anchor carved into a background of waves with points of gold inlay representing foam on the waves
Probably an Edo-era Tōshō style tsuba. It features a geometric “screen pattern” (like a Japanese sliding screen)
Bushū Itō sukashi style. A detailed depiction of a conch-shell (horagai) used for signaling on the battlefield
Ex. The Naunton collection. Published in the book “Japanese Sword Fittings: Collection of G.H. Naunton Joly, Henri L. Ref. item no. 961.
Shakudō, kawari-gata, with gold inlay. Image of a frog on lotus leaf. A beautiful and unusual Tsuba with excellent patina
Iron, round with gold inlay. Openwork in fishing net pattern
Iron, oblong shape, image of boar with reeds, with gold inlay in the reeds
Iron, maru-gata, with openwork of stylized hanabishi, possibly representing a family crest, and arabesques of gold inlay on the rim
Iron, round shape, with gold and brass inlay