VARIOUS TSUBA

                                                                                                                   SUKASHI TSUBA                           

                                                                                      I am unsure about the school from which the artist that made this tsuba belonged. A small tsuba made for a tanto.  There is a carving of a sagi 鷺 (heron) and nasubi 茄子 (eggplant) as well as abstract sukashi.

                                                JINGO

                                                       A tetsujigane nagegakugata tsuba, migakiji plate with copper inlay of ume 梅暦(plum blossom) and chidori 千鳥 (plover). In the style of a Jingo tsuba, but, the school remains undetermined in this case..

                                                                                                                                                           BUSHU 武州

                                                                      A tetsujigane  marugata Bushu tsuba signed Bushu ju Masaie with takabori carving, most iroe missing. However, the carving is confident showing Masaie was a competent artist.

                   This is a tsuba with the design of the tomoe 巴 (comma).  The tomoe or magatama originated during the Yayoi and Jomon period and were religious in nature. Their significance spread from Japan to mainland Asia appearing in Korea during the Mumun period.

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