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43 | TOSHITSUGU: A GILT-INLAID
SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH A CRAB
Signed Toshitsugu with kakihan
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Of mokko gata (lobed shape) form with two hitsu, worked in
takazogan and shishiabori (sunken relief) depicting a river with a
crab, craggy rockwork, and water reeds, the reverse also showing
a river with reeds and rocks. The crab’s shell, the reeds, and some
pebbles are gilt. Signed TOSHITSUGU with kakihan.
SIZE 8.0 x 7.4 cm
WEIGHT 147.0 g

Condition: Good condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: French private collection, old collector number to the
reverse.
Estimate EUR 800
Starting price EUR 400

44 | A RARE HAZAMA-SCHOOL SILVER-INLAID barrels. During the Edo period, members of the Kunitomo family
IRON TSUBA WITH NBTHK CERTIFICATE adapted the technique to decorate tsuba. The two artists best
known for this type of tsuba are Teiei and Masataka, who crafted
Japan, 18th century or earlier, Edo period (1615-1868) pieces of superior quality for which the Hazama (also known as
Kameyama) school is famous to this day.

Of yatsu mokko gata (eight-lobed) and oval form with one hitsu, SIZE 6.2 x 4.9 cm
inlaid in sahari-zogan with two stylized birds above waves. With a WEIGHT 66.4 g
certificate from the NBTHK.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor surface wear.
Hazama tsuba are sought after for their sahari inlay technique, Provenance: Czech private collection.
using a very hard metal alloy that is rarely used as inlay decoration.
This technique had been used by the Kunitomo family, who were Estimate EUR 1,200
gunsmiths during the Momoyama period, in the decoration of gun Starting price EUR 600

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