Tosogu and Tsuba

Nice pair of copper Kinko Menuki representing a work of Ikebana in a cut bamboo decorated with a Tomoe. Gold on flowers and leaves. Mumei (not signed) – Late Edo Dimensions = 3,8 x 1 cm SOLD Menuki on consignmnent belonging by a french collector

Very interesting and unusual Kinko Kozuka made of suaka and shibuichi divided diagonally, with a stripe work of excellent craftsmanship. Mumei (not signed) – Late Edo SOLD

Iron Tsuba from the school Shoami – 正阿弥 Rare design of Nobuie 信家 style depicting a shakudo bamboo sickle. Edo period (1600 – 1868) Dimensions = 8,5 x 7,9 cm Sold

Gorgeous  Sentoku Tsuba signed Toshinaga Saku – 利長作 High quality work depicting copper birds with some small gold inlays (eyes) flying over a raging sea. Musashi province – Mid Edo  ~ 1760 Nara school. Toshinaga was a student of renowned craftsmen as Nara Masanaga, Yoshishige, etc… Kinko Meikan rank = […]

Copper Menuki signed Nara Toshiharu – 奈良利春 Echizen province – Late EDO (ca. 1750) Nara school. Student of Nara Toshinaga Dimensions = 3,9 cm Sold

Iron Tsuba signed Bushu ju MASAFUSA – 武州住正房 The design depicts war ornaments (Saihai, Taiko was drum…) Edo province – Mid EDO period (ca. 1700) Ito school Kinko Meikan rank : Ryoko Dimensions = 7,1 x 6,9 cm SOLD

Iron Tsuba surrounded by a silver Fukurin (rim), signed Seiryuken Eiju w/Kao – 成龍軒榮壽 印　成榮 Graded artist, simple but very well made, excellent patina and good quality iron. Mid/late Edo. Tetsugendo school. Seiryuken Eiju, also called Hamano Norishige was a direct student of the great Tetsugendo Naoshige. Kinko Meikan rating […]

These openwork patterns of this iron Tsuba are Tomoe Mon (japanese arms). The Tomoe is an ancient heraldic symbol of Japan shaped Magatama. On this Tsuba we can see Mitsu Tomoe formed three magatama spiral. In Japanese mythology, Tomoe represents the weapons of Daimyojin Hachiman, the Shinto god of war […]

Beautiful iron Tsuba signed Choshu Hagi no ju Kawaji saku – 長州萩住河治作 (Made by a resident of  Hagi in the province of Choshu, Kawaji) Kawaji family was one of the most prestigious schools in the province of Choshu. Edo period (1603 – 1868) Maru-gata shape (round) and Sukashi (openworked) Dimensions […]

Shakudo kinko menuki depicting a samurai and a fisherman. Edo period SOLD