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Higo Nakane Tsuba Sold


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Dear nembers,

 

Please see attached tsuba made by Nakane Heihachiro (1805 - 1870 ) which I have decided to sell from my collection.

 

The design is very similar to tsuba no 8 in Ito Mitsurus book on Hayashi and Kamiyoshi tsuba - the inlay style is identical. Note the finely made soft metal lining to the nakago ana as seen on many examples by Nakane.

 

Size is 8.05cm x 8.02cm x 0.39cm and weight of 111g

 

Nakane was a senior retainer of the Hosokawa family and made tsuba as a hobby for household members only. It is believed that he learnt his skills from the 2nd master Kamiyoshi.

 

This tsuba has a great wabi sabi look and would be superb mounted on a Higo koshirea ( several juyo level koshirea have Nakane tsuba )

 

SOLD

 

Kindest regards

Michael

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