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 […]