kyushukairu
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Shonai kamon tsuba sold
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Kamon tsuba sold
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Theme: Kamon (family crest) School: Unknown Material: Copper with lacquered plate and gold kamon Style: Maki-e Size: 52x45 Price: £140 Notes: Also comes with a fuchi and seppa with matching ana. The purpose of this space is unknown. It is too thin for a locking mechanism as seen on gunto, and may have been for a hidden drawer in the saya.
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Theme: Kamon (family crest) School: in the style of Shonai Material: Copper with shakudo kamon Style: ishime Size: 55x40 Price: £140
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Theme: Flowering-vine School: in the style of Higo Material: Copper with shakudo fukurin Style: kata-kiri bori Size: 72 x 66 Price: £150
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Theme: Autumn flowers School: Mino Material: Shakudo with silver ten-zogan Style: nanako Size: 60x54 Price: £160
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Theme: Horse-bit School: Unknown Material: Iron with led hitsu-ana plugs Style: Sukashi Size: 80x78 Price: sold Notes: Many horse-bits were converted into tsuba, but this was made as a tsuba to resemble a horse-bit which was made into a tsuba.
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Theme: Shachi School: Jakushi (若芝) Material: Iron with gold nunome-zogan Style: suki-bori Size: 77x70 Price: £220 Notes: Shachi is a mythological creature with the head of a dragon and body of a carp, and such ornaments are used on castles and homes to protect from fire. This is a very rare subject for a Jakushi tsuba, and it the only ecxample of this theme I ahve ever seen.
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