SUNAGAWA MASAYOSHI: AN IRON 'IRIS' TSUBA

Item: Signed iron sukashi tsuba by Masayoshi Origin: Japan Date: Edo period, late 18th century Materials: Iron Dimensions: 74.6 x 71.6 x 5.0 mm Iron tsuba of elongated round form with the design of a

Japanese, signed Mihara Masayoshi, Muromachi period. Featuring lacquer wood saya and incise-decorated iron tsuba. Having samekawa tsuka with a pair of gilt figural menuki and matching fuchi-kashira, w

Two antique, daisho-set Japanese iron tsuba; the slightly oval forms with design of crashing waves in light relief to both front and back; and each signed Masayoshi; D: 3 3/8" (one slightly la

Item: Large iron tsuba carved and inlaid with iris motif Origin: Japan Date: Edo period Materials: Iron, gold, silver Dimensions: 85.6 x 79.2 x 3.2 mm Large iron tsuba of mokko form carved and inlaid

Iron, some gilding. Japan, HEIGHT 6,9 Of marugata form with one hitsu and evenly rimmed; carved and pierced with kiku and blade-shaped foliage of an iris; details highlighted in gilt tenzogan. Signed

Japanese iron tsuba, featuring two festival musicians with a drum and fan, the other side with a drum and a mallet, 2.75"w x 3"h

FOUR IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first and second pierced with intricate key-fret patterning; the third and fourth each formed from 32 overlapping rivett

Iron, silver and gold inlay. Japan, Edo period An excellent iron tsuba of Mokko gata form carved with powerful strokes on either side in high relief with a mass of crashing waves and turbulent water,

EIGHT IRON TSUBA Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century The first mokkogata, Heianjo-zogan type, the rim and seppadai connected by 48 radiating spokes, the rim inlaid with wave patterns in brass

One possibly later; of various forms and decorations, all unsigned (H: 3 1/2 in. (largest)) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, New York

A Japanese Iron Tsuba with Gold and Silver Asagao Decoration Edo period (1615-1868), an iron maru shaped shakudo mixed metal tsuba (sword guard) used to protect the hands from sliding onto the bade of

Antique Japanese iron tsuba (sword guard); of circular shape, in sukashi (openwork silhouette) design of bamboo leaves and stalks; unsigned, by Fukunobu Kamiyoshi; D: 3"; with NBTH

Five Japanese Iron Tsuba 17TH-18TH CENTURY the first example in the form of a wheel with bronze inlays; the second a reticulated example with floral decoration, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Kawaji saku, &

Militaria, Japanese Samurai Katana, signed tang w/cast iron tsuba, wood-wrapped shark ray skin handle w/2 cherry blossom embossed menuki & embossed brass pommel w/lizards, black lacquered scabbard w/t

**Originally Listed At $450** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A fabulous forged-iron maru-gata (round) tsuba, a disc-shaped hand guard traditionally employed on J

Antique Japanese iron tsuba; the squared shape beautifully carved sunken relief design of a highly animated Shi-shi with an inlaid gold eye; the verso with a gold chrysanthemum and bud, also in sunken

Title: Iron tsuba with silver and shakudo inlay Origin: Japan Date: Edo Materials: Iron, silver, shakudo. Dimensions: 72.8 x 65.4 x 3.8 mm Iron tsuba of mokko form carved and inlaid with the design of

Item: Iron tsuba by Higo Jingo school, with a dragon and a vajra Origin: Japan Date: Momoyama - Early Edo period Materials: Iron Height 75.4 mm; Width: 72.2 mm; Thickness: 3.8 mm; Weight: 145 g An iro

Two antique, daisho-set Japanese iron tsuba (sword guard); each circular shape of a stylized 'dancing crane' rendered in yo-sukashi (positive silhouette) openwork, larger with

One a nade gaku hokei tsuba with relief of a boar in landscape and inlaid with gold and copper; the second a shinno maru-gata tsuba decorated with pine trees, waves, clouds, and Mt. Fuji, inlaid with

RARE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA FROM THE SCHOOL OF KOIKE YOSHIRO 16th/17th c. Diameter: 9 cm Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Pe

Japanese iron tsuba by Soheishi, mid-Edo period, depicting two figures in gilt, silver and copper, signed 'Soheishi Nyudo Soten' one side, 'Goshu Hikone ju' (resides in Goshu-current Shiga prefecture)

A SOTEN SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH IMMORTALS Signed Soheishi Nyudo Soten seiJapan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The iron tsuba of marugata shaped and decorated in sukashi-bori wi

Iron Tsuba- goose and crescent moon, signed. 2 7/8''