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Kiseru with signed case
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A fine Kiseru
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Kiseru in wooden skeleton case
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Kiseru in case with crocodile leather tobacco pouch
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Charming tsuba of 3 Eggplants
This tsuba is particularly charming due to the use of positive and negative sukashi, and because of its pristine condition. Chōshū or Bushū school
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A nice big Muromachi Saotome tsuba
This tsuba is most likely Saotome school, even that Myochin is a possibility, but I believe Saotome is correct. This tsuba is very old and probably from Muromachi era
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Tsuba of six bales of rice arranged in a circle
Iron, kawarigata tsuba in the image of six bales of rice arranged in a circle. Rice was the unit of measurement of great wealth
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A very interesting nadekakugata tsuba
The school is possibly Owari, or perhaps Nishigaki. This is an interesting tsuba that is full of character and indeed very, very nice
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A very nice Ichijo school iron tsuba
Iron, mokkōgata, image of pine tree and waves under the moon. Crescent moon in silver inlay, with the pine tree in brass or copper inlay
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Signed Ko-Katchushi style tsuba
Shigenobu or Shigeie are possible candidates. Both were Aizu-Shōami artists, and they made classical style tsuba. Its made in style of Ko-Katchushi tsuba from the Muromachi era
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Signed Katchushi style tsuba
There is a partial inscription on the right side of the seppa-dai, Mitsu-. It is unclear if this is intended to be the artist’s name, or a location name, or later addition
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Miho-no-Matsubara, Mt. Fuji tsuba
A classic image of the view of Mt. Fuji from “Miho-no-Matsubara” (The Pine Grove at Miho”) in present-day Shizuoka. The artist has made excellent use of the space on this tsuba
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Whirlpool Sukidashibori tsuba
The shape is unusual. It is a mokkōgata shape, but instead of the indents occurring at the four corners, they are inserted at the North South East West points. The whirlpool theme is interesting as well