Japanese Iron Tsuba

Archive for May 16th, 2023

Iron Ground Mokko Tsuba Founder Of Painting-Style Japanese #KU0274 —

Tsuba / Japanese Sword Guard. This is a period piece, with gold and silver inlay. This is a high carved wood melon with landscape design on iron ground by Kaneie, a master craftsman of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Kaneike is said to be the founder of the pictorial style sword mounts, and left works depicting landscapes, […]