Japanese Iron Tsuba

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Antique Japanese Soten Style Dragon Tsuba with Gold Fukurin —

Iron Soten Style tsuba with gold fukurin. It is decorated with Bushihi Sennin flying on an open scroll, dragon and one more Sennin. It might be Chinnan Sennin or. Decorated with gold, silver and copper inlay. Interestingly there is no nunome zogan inlay on this tsuba. This tsuba has a gold fukurin, most probably it […]

Antique Japanese Daisho Tsuba Set Signed Hikone Ju Nyudo Soten Sei —

Iron daisho tsuba set decorated with deers, maple tree, waterfall and pine. It is signed “Hikone Ju Nyudo Soten Sei” however it is not Soten style tsuba. In Japanese culture maple trees shown together with deers has few meanings. They can refer to arrival of autumn, or more specifically Japanese aristocracy tradition of viewing seasonal […]