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POWERFUL TSUBA BY NOBUIE 信家010122
It is an undisputed fact that Nobuie is considered to have been one of the greatest iron tsuba makers in…
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IRON DRAGON SUKASHI TSUBA 060222
This is a pleasing iron tsuba with a dragon carved in openwork. It measures 3 inches by 2 ¾ inches. …
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POWERFUL ONO SCHOOL TSUBA 010420
This is a very nice iron tsuba of the Ono school. The Ono school was a group of craftsman in…
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HIGO JINGO TSUBA 010320
This tsuba is from the Higo Jingo school. It measures 2 ¾ inches by 2 11/16 inches nor 7 cm…
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UNUSUSAL TENPO TSUBA 040119
This is a large and unusual Tenbo tsuba from the mid 1800's. Usually Tenbo iron tsuba are very plain with…
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BEAUTIFUL EDO ERA TSUBA 020119
This is a large and well executed Edo kinko tsuba. The iron plate is well made and carved with a…
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KYÔ SUKASHII TSUBA 京透鐔 #000519
This is an iron tsuba from the Kyô-Sukashi school. It dates to the Edo period (18th century). It has a…
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AKASAKA TSUBA by TADATOKI 忠時の赤坂鐔
This is a large tachi style tsuba of the Akasaka school. It is signed by its maker, Tadatoki.
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SIGNED NARA TSUBA 奈良鐔 #032915
This is a very pleasing signed iron tsuba from the Nara school. It is signed simply Nara Saku. It is…
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Tsuba |A VERY NICE KODAI YAGYU TSUBA #110209
This is a very nice later generation Yagyu tsuba. There design is a well known Yagyu school motif showing a…
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BEAUTIFUL “CHRISTIAN” TSUBA #040514
This is a very fine example of what is commonly called a "Christian tsuba". It is an iron tsuba made…
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HAYASHI TSUBA #000462
This is a very fine iron tsuba attributed to the later Hayashi school of Higo. It has an irregular mimi…
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A HIGO KAMIYOSHI TSUBA #021912
This is a very nice iron tsuba that I would attribute to the Kamiyoshi school of Higo Province. It is…
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NICE TANTO TSUBA 52016
This is a very nice tanto tsuba of iron with golden dragons floating among the clouds. It measures 2.5 inches…
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NICE SHOAMI TSUBA #111612
This is a very nice and large tsuba of the Shoami school. It dates to the middle Edo period, i.e.…
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INTERESTING IRON TSUBA #111414
This is a very interesting and unusual iron sukashi tsuba. I call it my "tsuba" tsuba.
