kyushukairu

Theme: Shishi and botan School: Nagasaki shippo Material: copper and enamel Size: 80x78 Price: £550

Theme: Shishi School: Yokoya ? Material: Shinchu (brass) Size: 80x78 Note: This is a very well made and extremely thick (about 7mm at the rim) tsuba Price: £360

Theme: Myoga Kamon School: Tachikanagushi Material: iron and silver. Size: 83x83 Note: the fukurin is solid silver with a kiri-mon pattern that has elsewhere been attributed to Tachishi: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/9472158ce3bae566d53a31ceb89994a1 Price: £280

Theme: Dragon School: Tachikanagushi Material: copper and silver Size: 86x82 Note: the tsuba is sanmai (two copper plates sandwiching a copper core), and the style is similar to a tsuba attributed to Tachishi: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/9472158ce3bae566d53a31ceb89994a1 Price: £320

Theme: Dragon School: Tachikanagushi Material: copper and silver Size: 86x82 Theme: Myoga Kamon School: Tachikanagushi Material: iron and silver. Size: 83x83 Theme: Shishi School: Yokoya ? Material: Shinchu (brass) Size: 80x78 (the thickness is about 7mm at the rim) Theme: Shishi and botan School: Nagasaki Shippo Material: copper and enamel Size: 80x78

Shonai kamon tsuba sold

Kamon tsuba sold

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.