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A HIGO SENTOKU TSUBA A SHAKUDO TSUBA
By Nishigaki Kanshiro III (1680-1761), Omori School, Edo period
Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid-18th century (1615-1868), 19th century
Of oval form, with a roped shakudo mimi, carved in relief on either The tsuba of oval form, the thick shakudo nanako plate richly inlaid in
side with turbulent water, over which fly chidori (plovers) inlaid in gold takazogan with a running shishi over a shakudo and silver rock with
silver, copper and shakudo, the seppa-dai in the form of Mount Fuji, bamboo grass and wild plants in gold inlay, trailing over the rim to the
unsigned; with a fitted wood storage box. reverse, a gold and silver peony growing to one side, unsigned;
7.8cm (3 1/8in). (2). with a fitted wood storage box.
7.6cm (3in). (3).
£2,000 - 2,500
JPY260,000 - 330,000 £2,000 - 3,000
US$2,500 - 3,100 JPY260,000 - 400,000
US$2,500 - 3,700
For tsuba with similar designs by Nishigaki Kanshiro III, see Ito
Mitsuru, Nishigaki: Higo no kinko Nishigaki Kanshiro to sono sakuhin Accompanied by a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu certificate, dated
(Works of Kanshiro Nishigaki), Tokyo, 2005, no. 256. Showa 58 (1983), attributing the work to the Omori school.

A shakudo nanako tsuba inlaid with peonies in a similar manner is
illustrated in Torigoe Kazutaro, Tsuba kanshoki (An Appeciation of Sword
Guards), revised and expanded edition, Tokyo, Token Shunju, 1975, p.290.

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