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86 •
AN IRON TSUBA
AND A KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA
The iron tsuba by Akasaka Tadamasa, Edo
period (1615-1868), 17th century Edo period
(1615-1868), 17th century
The first carved and pierced with karigane (flying
geese) and elaborate peach-shaped ryohitsu,
unsigned, 7.9cm (3 1/8in); the second carved
with three kasa (broad hats) within a half-pipe
rim, unsigned, 8.3cm (3¼in); with wooden
86 storage boxes. (4).
£1,800 - 2,000
JPY270,000 - 300,000
US$2,400 - 2,600
For the maker of the first, Sozaemon Tadamasa,
see Robert E.Haynes, The Index of Japanese
Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Nihon
Art Publishers, Ellwangen, Germany, 2001,
no.H09097. He may or may not have been
related to the first master and died in 1677.

The three kasa motif of the second tsuba may
refer to the mitsu kasa no maru , the jomon
(principal crest) of the Isawa Family.
87 •
TWO IRON TSUBA
The first attributed to Korin of Higo, Edo period
(1615-1868), 17th and 18th century
The first of rounded mokko form, carved and
inlaid with a flaming bonji character and clouds
87 above turbulent water, unsigned, 7.9cm (3
1/8in); the second of rounded rectangular form,
the thick plate inlaid in brass and copper with a
dragon amid clouds, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in);
each with a wooden storage box. (4).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,600
Little appears to be known of Korin, who is listed
with similar examples in Ito Mitsuru, Hayashi and
Kamiyoshi (Works of Hayashi and Kamiyoshi),
Tokyo, 2008, pp.454-459 and in Sato Kanzan,
Honma Kunzan and Kashima Susumu, Higo
Kinko Taikan (A Comprehensive View of Higo
Metal Tsuba), Tokyo, 1984, pp.372-3.
88 •
A HIZEN SENTOKU TSUBA
Attributed to Mitsuhiro, Edo period (1615-1868),
early-mid 19th century
Of oval form, carved in typical style with
numerous monkeys tumbling over each other,
88 the design continuing on the rim, signed Hishu
Yagami no ju Mitsuhiro, [...] sentokugane kore o
(reverse) saku; with a wooden storage box.
7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).
£2,000 - 2,500
JPY300,000 - 370,000
US$2,600 - 3,300

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