Japanese Iron Tsuba

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Japanese Tsuba, watermarked with arabesque gilding —

Suba, watermarked with arabesque gilding. Period:Edo era(1800’s). Tsuba is the part of the sword that is placed between the hilt and the blade to protect the hand that grips the hilt. Nowadays, it is popular among Japanese sword lovers as an art craft. Thank you for visiting our store. We have attractive Japanese traditional and […]

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Old Japanese Edo period sword tsuba with inlay and gilding —

3 at the longest dimension. Depicts one of the sennin wearing a mug wort leaf robe. Holes drilled through at top and bottom – I’m not sure why, but the patina inside these matches the rest and I assume it may be original to manufacture, or at least close to it. That is unless something […]

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