19th centuryDiameter: 6.7 cm Tsuba decorated with a reeds of bamboo design.Tsuba for sale
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A Soden-Bizen katanaOsafune Nagamori PERIODNanbokucho period, circa 1360CERTIFICATENBTHK 59 Juyo Token (Important Sword)NAGASA69.5 cmMOTOHABA2.9 cmSAKIHABA2.1 cmSORI1.8 cm SUGATA [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune, enlongated chu-kissaki (3.9 cm)KITAE [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume, plenty of small jinie and chikei, pale utsuriHAMON [tempering pattern]: wider on the upper half; koshi-no-hirata mixed with fukushiki-o-gunome and choji gunome; ashi, ...
Ko-Shoami tsuba with four rectanglesIron, ji-sukashiMarugata, diameter: 8 cm; thickness 4.5 mm Certification: the tsuba comes with a hozon tosogu certificate issued by the NBTHK. The tsuba shows a unique yet simple and strong design. The patina is excellent and still bears the original lacquer finish on one side.The artistic work of Shoami sukashi openwork decoration lays somewhere between Kyo-sukashi and the Owari schools, being bolder than Kyo but more delicate than Owari. Shoami tsuba employ symmetry with abundant movement. The designs, as in this case, are unique. Like Kyo-...
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