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  Interesting Ko-Tosho Muromachi tsuba

  Ko-Tosho (swordsmith) Tsuba with an ume (plum) sukashi design. It is ubu without hitsu ana dating back to Muromachi period

  €802
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  A nice Bushu Ito school tsuba

  Iron, marugata, image of cherry blossoms on floating rafts (hana ikada). Bushū Itō school

  €401
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  A fine Saotome “chirimen-amidayasuri” tsuba

  Iron, mokkō-gata, with surface done in chirimen-amidayasuri style. Saotome school. Possibly Momoyama or earlier

  €330
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  Shippo tsuba, signed Tadashige

  Shakudō, marugata, scattered shippō (jewel) pattern in sukashi openwork. Although the mei of Tadashige is legible, there are no records of a metalworker using this name in Wakayama’s index of metalworkers

  €212
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  A Myochin Mokume Tachibana tsuba

  Iron, marugata, mokume (wood-grain) pattern on the base, with symmetrical sukashi designs of Tachibana. The mokume iron base is distinctive, and hints at the Myōchin school

  €448
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  Awesome Muromachi Ko-kinko Tsuba with NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token

  Tokubetsu Kichō (especially precious) appraisal paper issued by NBTHK in 1971. Yamagane, kikka-gata tsuba with scalloped rim, and image of waves on the tsuba plate with gold and silver zōgan which are representing foam on the waves. Dates to early Muromachi period, ca. 1400

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  A nice Kyō-sukashi tsuba

  This is a typical Kyō-sukashi design. The squarish, spindle shape is said to evoke the image of a long thread, and therefore symbolic of long life, and recalls a Japanese saying “to spin good luck”

  €472
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  An interesting kawarigata Owari style tsuba

  Iron, kawarigata tsuba with three lobes of tomoe-shaped pairs. Probably a work from the Owari group. Or possibly even the Myōchin group

  €566
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  Tsuba, signed Masakata

  This tsuba bears the signature of Masakata from the Bushū school, who was tsuba artist working in the Edo region in the latter part of the Edo era

  €212
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  A interesting tsuba, possibly by Sato Chinkyu

  This tsuba is mumei (unsigned), but seems to be an Shôami-style tsuba of Satô Chinkyû (佐藤珍久), whom is regarded as the founder of the Shônai branch of the Nara school and having the famous Tsuchiya Yasuchika as apprentice

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  Kyo-shoami school tsuba

  Possibly from the Kyō-shōami school who uses this theme in this style, often incorporating an umbrella or hat into the design. This tsuba is a lovely antique from the Edo era

  €420
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  Yatsuhashi bridge with irises tsuba

  Iron, tatemarugata, theme of Yatsuhashi bridge with irises. The theme itself is an old design, recalling Heian times in Japan, and it has been interpreted in many ways on tsuba

  €325
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  A nice big Muromachi Saotome tsuba

  This tsuba is most likely Saotome school, even that Myochin is a possibility, but I believe Saotome is correct. This tsuba is very old and probably from Muromachi era

  €750
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  A very charming nadekakugata tsuba

  The school is possibly Owari, or perhaps Nishigaki. This is an interesting tsuba that is full of character and indeed very, very nice

  €608
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  Tsuba signed, Echizen-ju Kinai saku

  Tsuba, signed 越前住 記内作 (Echizen-jū Kinai saku). Iron, kawarigata tsuba in the image of a mushroom, showing the underside of the mushroom canopy

  €325
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  A very nice Ichijo school iron tsuba

  Iron, mokkōgata, image of pine tree and waves under the moon. Crescent moon in silver inlay, with the pine tree in brass or copper inlay

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