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A SHAKUDO TSUBA
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The oval shakudo nanako plate decorated with
a helmet and armor parts, a sword, a quiver of
arrows, a fan and ladle, a pair of stirrups, and a
snaffle bit in iro-e takazogan
3in (7.5cm) high
375 376 $800 - 1,200

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NITTA YUKIMITSU (ACTIVE 18TH/19TH
CENTURY)
A Mito shakudo tsuba
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The oval shakudo migakiji plate decorated with
Yumiyagami descending on a cloud, bestowing
a bow and arrows on a dozing samurai, all in
katakiribori, the rim with a brass fukurin, signed
Seiunsai Yukimitsu and with the artist’s kao
With a wood tomobako storage box
With Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of
Preservation) certificate no. 449755 issued by
the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society
for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword),
dated April 21, 2006 3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

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A HAMANO-SCHOOL SET OF FITTINGS
DEPICTING AN EPISODE FROM THE
HEIKE MONOGATARI (THE TALE OF THE
HEIKE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Each component carved in high-relief takabori
with details in iro-e takazogan, comprising a fine
mokko shakudo migakiji tsuba decorated with
a scene of Minamoto Yoshitsune retrieving his
bow from the sea during the Battle of Yashima,
inscribed Hamano Noriyuki and with a kao;
a fuchi decorated with Yoshitsune trying to
retrieve his bow from the waves using an arrow,
(another view) signed Hamano Naoyuki and with the artist’s
kao; a pair of menuki formed as Yoshitsune with
one of his retainers
3in (7.5cm) high, the largest
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$4,000 - 5,000

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