Japanese Iron Tsuba

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Tsuba Japanese antique sword Yoshitsugu Full Moon Samurai Katana Bushi Japan —

Masterpiece Signed “Yoshitsugu” Tsuba – Full Moon & Raging Waves in High-Relief Carving – Exceptional Iron Craftsmanship. This remarkable Edo-period tsuba, signed “Yoshitsugu” , showcases a magnificent high-relief carving (takabori) of a full moon illuminating turbulent waves. The deep, lustrous iron surface combined with the strikingly detailed craftsmanship makes this an outstanding and highly collectible […]

Tsuba Japanese antique Iron Mumei Shikunshi design Edo era —

Shikunshi is a term that honors the four species of orchids, bamboos, chrysanthemums. And plums as sovereigns among plants and trees. Also, a design or pattern using all of them. Originally, in Chinese, a sovereign was a person who possessed virtue, learning, and courtesy. And all literati aspired to be a sovereign. The characteristics of […]