Tsuba

Brass inlaid iron tsuba, pierced with symmetrical design / 19th century Japanese purse shaped Tsuba Date: 19th century Size: 8.2 x 8.2 x 0.4 cm / ...

Title: Iron tsuba with gold and silver / Brass inlaid iron tsuba Date: 19th century / 19th century Size: 6.5 x 6.1 x 0.4 cm / 8.3 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm C...

19th century Tsuba with the design of a butterfly flying on the river / 19th century Iron tsuba designed with an old man and mouse Size: 7.0 x 6.5...

Title: Sukashi tsuba, tea making utensil and landscape Date: 19th century Size: 7.2 x 6.7 x 0.3 cm Condition: Minor wear. Ref: T66

Title: Iron tsuba with sailing ship design Date: 19th century Size: 7.6 x 7.0 x 0.4 cm Condition: Light wear. Ref: T27

19th century iron tsuba Depiction of a Scholar under the tree Size: 8.5 x 8.3 cm, c: 2.7 x 0.8 cm Condition: Good for age. Ref: JG092305

19th century Tsuba with Kazura, Vine design Size: 8.5 x 8.4 cm, c: 2.8 x 0.8 cm Condition: Good condition. Ref: JG092304

19th century Tsuba with Karakusa pattern / 19th century Iron tsuba with hollyhock design by Masaami school Size: 6.3 x 6.0 x 0.4 cm / 7.4 x 7.3 x ...

NBTHK Hozon Paper Mumei Iron tsuba, Monsukashi Karakusa Pattern Date: 19th century Size: 8.5 x 8.5 x 0.3, C: 3 x 1 cm Condition: Wear consiste...

19th century Tsuba with Karakusa pattern design / 19th century Iron tsuba Size: 7.0 x 6.6 x 0.5 cm / 8.0 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm Condition: Some wear and c...

Title: Iron tsuba / Tsuba with Phoenix and sho (Japanese traditional court music instrumental) design Date: 19th century / 19th century Size: 8.2 ...

19th century Iron Tsuba Signed Kawaji from Hagi, Choshu Province Size: 7.5 x 7.4 cm, c: 2.5 x 0.9 cm Condition: Good condition. Ref: JG092303

Iron tsuba with bamboo trees design Date: 19th century Size: 9.0 x 8.3 x 0.5 cm Condition: Some inlay loss, wear consistent with age. Ref: T55

19th century Tsuba with the design of a man looking at the birds flying / 19th century Tsuba with the design of a old man and the koto Size: 7.1 x...

19th century Tsuba with circular design / 19th century tsuba with leaves floating on the river, engraved by Yamashirokoku Fushimi ju, Kaneie Size:...

NBTHK Hozon Paper, Mumei Masaami Iron tsuba with geese design Date: 19th century Size: 8 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm, C: 2.1 x 0.7 cm Condition: Wear consisten...

19th century Tsuba with the design of rooster and hen Size: 6.6 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm Condition: Good for age. Ref: T100

19th century Tsuba / 19th century Tsuba of the design of the mythical creatures Size: 7.3 x 6.9 x 0.6 cm / 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.5 cm Condition: Light rus...

19th century sukashi tsuba with rhombus shape / 19th century Tsuba with the design of the man sitting on the bank Size: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.6 cm / 7.8 x...

A Morumachi period kaga ancient katana in shira saya with 26" blade (probably reduced), dating from the Age of Battles, a true Samurai blade in br...

A Muromachi period Genzaemon Suke Sada katana with 61cm double grooved blade, in near mint Japanese polish, signed to the tang and dated El-Roku, ...

A Muromachi period Kane Aki wakizashi, with 48cm grooved blade, tang unsigned, maker attributed through attached papers, and from the Echizen Man ...

A JAPANESE GILT-DECORATED IRON TSUBA Edo Period, 19th Century With gilt decoration depicting butterflies hovering over carnations enclosed withi...

A JAPANESE GILT-DECORATED IRON TSUBA Edo Period Cast with a five-petalled flowerhead in relief and with gilt embellishments, signed Aizumi Shoam...

A JAPANESE IRON 'RAT' TSUBA Edo Period Cast as a plump rat grasping at its long, curled tail, decorated with incised fur details and large eyes ...

A JAPANESE GILT-DECORATED IRON TSUBA Edo Period Decorated with shakudo and shibuichi and copper wire, depicting a butterfly, dragonfly and a peo...

A JAPANESE IRON 'AOI' TSUBA Edo Period The openwork tsuba cast with hollyhock crests, signed Echizen Kinai by the nagano-ana, with a fitted wood...

A METAL AND LACQUER KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) IN HANDACHI STYLEEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryThe saya (scabbard) finishe...

MORIMITSUA Mino Sunobi Tanto (Large Dagger) or Ko-Wakizashi (Small Companion Sword) in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830-1844Of hira-zuku...

ATTRIBUTED TO THE JUMYO LINEAGEA Shinshinto Tanto (Dagger) with Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf unokubi-zukuri configuration forged...

ATTRIBUTED TO THE MIHARA SCHOOLA Katana (Long Sword) in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th centuryShinogi-zukuri, suguha with itame- h...

A WAKIZASHI (SHORT SWORD) WITH MOUNTSEdo period (1615-1868), 18th or 19th centuryShinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, koshi-zori configuration ...

KOYAMA MUNEHIRA (ACTIVE CIRCA LATE EDO PERIOD)A Katana (Long Sword) with Cutting Test and Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1837Shinogi-zukuri...

ATTRIBUTED TO KIYOMITSU OF KAGA PROVINCEA Katana (Long Sword) in Fine Higo-School Mounts Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period Sugata (c...

YOSHIKUNI (ACTIVE CIRCA LATE 19TH CENTURY)A Shin-Shinto Katana (Long Sword) in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1862Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune,...

SHIGETOSHI (MID-19TH CENTURY)A Shin-Shinto Katana (Long Sword) in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), circa mid-19th centuryShinogi-zukuri, iori-mune,...

YOSHIRO ZOGAN TYPEEdo period (1615-1868) 17th/18th centuryA tsuba, circular, two hitsuana, iron , pierced with 28 openings around the rim and over...

YOSHIRO ZOGAN TYPEMomoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, 17th centuryA tsuba, circular, two hitsuana, iron, pierced in negative silhouett...

SAOTOME STYLEEdo period (1615-1868) 17th/18th centuryA tsuba, rounded square, iron chiselled with 64 radial grooves, one side also with a roundel ...

UMETADA LINEAGEEdo period (1615-1868) 18th/19th centuryA tsuba, rounded square with a hammered-up rim, two hitsuana, iron, pierced, chiselled, inl...

KAWARABAYASHI HIDEKUNI (1825-1891)Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryA tsuba, mokko with a hammered-up edge, two hitsuan...

OMORI TERUHIDE (1730-1798)Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1777A tsuba, oval, one hitsuana, shibuichi, chiselled and undercut in typical Omori-school...

YOKOYA LINEAGEEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryA tsuba, oval, one hitsuana, shibuichi migakiji delicately chiselled in katagiribori with an ox ...

SHIMIZU JINGO LINEAGE, YOSHIRO ZOGAN STYLE, AND ANONYMOUSEdo period (1615-1868) 17th to 19th centuryThree tsuba, the first mokko, the second and t...

ANONYMOUS AND AFTER NOBUIEEdo period (1615-1868) 18th/19th centuryTwo tsuba, the first rounded square, the second irregular, both with two hitsuan...

MITO, ECHIZEN, AND HAGI SCHOOLSEdo period (1615-1868) 18th to 19th centuryThree tsuba, the first rounded rectangular, the second and third circula...

KYO-SUKASHI, SHOAMI, CHOSHU, AND AKASAKA TYPESEdo period (1615-1868), 17th to 18th centuryFive tsuba, iron, all with two hitsuana, the first two a...

YANAGAWA NAOMASA (1692-1757)An Important Set of Daisho Mitokoromono Comprising Tsuba (Hand Guards), Fuchi-Gashira (Matched Hilt Collars and Pommel...

YOSHIRO ZOGAN AND NANBAN TYPESEdo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryFour tsuba, the first mokko, the second rounded square, the third and fourt...

ANONYMOUS AND NARA SCHOOLEdo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th centuryTwo tsuba, the first rounded rectangular, two hitsuana (one plugged), the second...

MUKADE, NANBAN, SOTEN, KATCHUSHI, AND BUSHU TYPESEdo period (1615-1868) 17th to 19th centuryFive tsuba, iron, all with two hitsuana except the las...

HAMANO HARUNORIA Daisho Tsuba (Matching Set of a Large and a Small Hand Guard) Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th centuryShibuichi ishimeji, eight-l...

MITSUTSUGUEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryA tsuba, rounded rectangular with a slightly hammered-up edge, two hitsuana...

YANAGAWA NAOTOKIAn Outstanding Set of Fittings for a Daisho (Set of Long and Short Sword)Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800Comprising two tsuba, t...

NINE TSUBA (HAND GUARDS)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th centuryAll iron; the first oval, Akasaka type, pierced and chiselled with stylised da...

KAWAI ISSHU (BORN 1920)An Inlaid Mixed-Metal Large Tsuba Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th centuryOf rounded rectangular form with a slightly hammer...

TOMOAKI OF NAGATO PROVINCEA Shakudo Tsuba (Hand Guard)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryShakudo, mokko (four-lobed), chiselled i...

AFTER HAGIYA KATSUHIRA (1804-1886)Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryA tsuba, rounded rectangular, slightly aori, with a...

A DAISHO TSUBA (MATCHING SET OF A LARGE AND A SMALL HAND GUARD)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryAlmost circular, shakudo nanako, each...