Tsuba Page

Ko-kinkō tsuba

Sanmai Awase (3 layer) tanto tsuba with chōji motif

Momoyama - Early Edo Period

$700

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Ko-kinkō tsuba

Sanmai Awase (3 layer) tsuba with chōji motif

Momoyama Period

$975

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Myōchin tsuba

Myōchin Munesuke (1641 - 1726).
NBTHK Hozon paper

Edo Period

$2,800

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Kagamishi tsuba

Geometrically patterned Kagamishi tsuba. NBTHK Hozon paper

Azuchi-Momoyama Period

$900

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Hayashi tsuba

Tsuba with kiri-mon and tomoe motif

Mid Edo Period

$1,200

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Shōami Tadatsugu tsuba

Iron Shōami tsuba signed Tadatsugu, with wheel motif.

Mid Edo Period

$1,000

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Hayashi tsuba

Iron Hayashi II tsuba with chrysanthemum branch motif.

Mid Edo Period

$1,950

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Machibori tsuba

Brass and gold plate tsuba with motif of a Chinese sage and attendant.

Meiji Period

$2,400

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Ko-kinkō mon tsuba

Yamagane tsuba in the form of the Date clan mon. NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper.

Late Muromachi - Momoyama Period

$4,000

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Nobuie tsuba

Iron Nobuie school tsuba, with the wheel (Kuruma) motif, and hammered surface treatment

Edo Period

$500

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Naginata tsuba

Yamagane Naginata tsuba with associated kanagu.

Mid Muromachi Period

$2,500

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Mino tsuba

Mino school tsuba with floral motif

Edo Period

$1,050

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Higo Nishigaki tsuba

Higo tsuba of chrysanthemum motif

Mid Edo Period

SOLD

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Ko-Shōami tsuba

Iron Ko-Shōami tsuba with peach motif.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Kyō-Shōami tsuba

Shakudō chrysanthemum motif

Earliest Edo Period

SOLD

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Kyō-sukashi tsuba

Iron sukashi tsuba of ginger and wild geese in flight motif.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Nishigaki II tsuba

Classic 3-storied pine motif tsuba

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Ko-katchushi tsuba

Early iron sukashi tsuba with fans and geese motif. NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho paper.

Late Muromachi Period

SOLD

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Hōan tsuba

Iron Hōan school tsuba, with the Rinpō motif, and classic acid-etched surface treatment.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Owari tsuba

Iron tsuba with sukashi of Buddhist protective symbols. NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper.

Momoyama - Earliest Edo Period

SOLD

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Ko-kinkō tsuba with gold waves and kiri mon motif

Ko-kinkō yamagane tsuba with extensive gold application

Azuchi-Momoyama Period

SOLD

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Nerikawa tsuba

Black lacquered leather tsuba, of 5-layer construction.

Mid Muromachi Period

SOLD

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Heianjō kikyō-mon and saddle motif tsuba

Excellent brass inlay tsuba with interesting design. NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho paper.

Momoyama - Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Ko-Shōami tsuba

Ko-Shōami sukashi tsuba of flower-buds.

Momoyama to Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Higo tsuba

Iron Higo school tsuba of crane motif.

Mid Edo Period

SOLD

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Nodachi Rinpō sukashi tsuba

Exceptionally rare, massive iron Nodachi tsuba of Rinpō sukashi motif, with field damage and repair.

Kamakura - Nanbokuchō period

SOLD

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Shonai tsuba

Iron tsuba with classic cloud dragon motif, signed with Kao. NBTHK Hozon paper.

Mid Edo Period

SOLD

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Ichinomiya tsuba

Iron tsuba signed by Ichinomiya Kenryūshi Nagayoshi. NBTHK Hozon paper.

Mid Edo Period

SOLD

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Umetada tsuba

Iron Umetada school tsuba with gold inlay and shakudō inserts

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Heianjō hyōtan motif tsuba

Large Heianjō tsuba with bold sukashi and colorful motif of hyōtan (gourds). NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Umetada tsuba with Gohei and map motif

Umetada school tsuba with motif of Gohei (Shinto ritual implement), and an old map of Japan on the reverse.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Myōchin mokume tsuba

Exceptional mokume tsuba, signed and dated by the 24th mainline master Myōchin Munesuke.

Dated 1717

SOLD

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Owari konomi and tomoe motif tsuba

Owari tsuba with unusual design combination and excellent iron quality. NBTHK Hozon paper.

Early Edo Period

SOLD

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Tōran-kei tsuba

Classic, large early bronze tsuba with remnant gold gilding, and 6 sukashi openings.

Kofun Period, 6th century

SOLD