Tsuba Bushu with a Chinese landscape

Late Edo period  (1615-1867), Circa 1800

A landscape with pagodas, rocks, and trees 

Marugata: 78 x 79 mm

Thickness: 5 mm

Signed: "Bushu ju Masatsune"

This tsuba represents a Chinese style view with some pagodas, rocks, and gnarled trees; the scene is probably inspired by some Kano school painting.

The iron is well forged and presents a dark patina.

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