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SWORD FITTINGS AND SWORDS
Various Properties
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A COLLECTION OF 13 VARIOUS TSUBA AND NINE TSUBA AND THREE FUCHI-GASHIRA
AN AIKUCHI (SHORT SWORD) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century
Edo period (1615-1868) to Showa era (1926-1989), Comprising: three tsuba of iron, one of Kamakura-bori,
18th to 20th century with a design of pagodas, bridges and clouds, unsigned,
Twelve of iron, comprising: sukashi, pierced with an incense 8.5cm (3 3/8in); one of Tosho type, pierced with cherry
burner, box and plant in a pot, signed Ishiyama [..]Ko saku, and prunus blossoms, 8.2cm (3¼in); and a Kinai tsuba
8.2cm (3¼in); sukashi, Chinnan Sennin with a dragon amid pierced with chrysanthemum over waves, signed Echizen
waves, unsigned, 7.6cm (3in); sukashi, tiger and bamboo, no ju Kinai saku, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); a yamagane tsuba cast
unsigned, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); ito-sukashi, falling flowers, with dragons in water and pine trees, unsigned, 7.9cm (3
signed Kofu no ju Masayoshi, 7.6cm (3in); Nanban, carved 1/8in); a shibuichi tsuba carved and inlaid with a sage and
with numerous monkeys in the style of Mitsuhiro, unsigned, attendant by a waterfall, signed Hirotoshi with a kao, 7.3cm
7cm (2¾in); five Mito tsuba carved and inlaid with various (2 7/8in); another with breaking waves, inscribed Omori
designs, all unsigned, 7.3cm to 9.3cm (2 7/8in to 3 7/8in); Teruhide with a kao, 7cm (2¾in); a Nara brass tsuba carved
two small sukashi tsuba; and a shibuichi tsuba engraved and pierced with Chinese generals, unsigned, 6.7cm (2
with a tiger and bamboo, signed Mitsuyuki with a kao, 5/8in); and two Mino-Goto tsuba, one carved and inlaid with
7.3cm (2 7/8in); the aikuchi with a blade carved with pine, Tadamori capturing the oil thief, the other with autumn plants
prunus and bamboo horimono, signed Nobuhide; the saya and grasses, both unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) each; a Mino-Goto
of wakasa-nuri lacquer with fittings of simulated rayskin, fuchi-gashira with insects among autumn plants in relief,
total length 24.2cm (9½in).(14). unsigned; and two of iron, one with monkeys in relief, the
other with inlaid silver bamboo, both unsigned; with a glazed
£1,500 - 2,000 wood display case for the tsuba. (13).
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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