VARIOUS TSUBA

                                      

                                                                                                              A MICHINOKU TSUBA

                             

                                                                                                              A KAGAMISHI TSUBA     

                                  

                                                              This mirror-makers (bronze-casters) tsuba is signed Yamato ju Ietsugu saku. 

                                                                        

                                                                                                                   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 heron) and (eggplant) as well as abstract sukashi.

 

                                                                                                                                     A SUAKA KIKU TSUBA

 

                              

                                                         This small copper tsuba in the form of a chrysanthemum blossom has remnants of ginzogan. Made for a tanto.

 

                                                JINGO

 

                                                                    

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

 

                                                                                                                           A NOBUIE TSUBA

 

                             

 

                                                                                                                                                           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.

 

                                                                                                            A TOMOE THEMED TSUBA

 

                                       

                   This is a tsuba with the design of the tomoe

 

                                                                                           

                                                                                                                      

 

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