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EIGHTEEN TSUBA Muromachi (1333-1573), Momoyama (1573-1615), and Edo period (1615-1868), 16th to 17th century
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EIGHTEEN TSUBA
Muromachi (1333-1573), Momoyama (1573-1615), and Edo period (1615-1868), 16th to 17th century
All iron except the first, eighth, ninth, and twelfth; the first cruciform, laminated leather, secured by a gilt-copper rim; the second cruciform with a hammered-up rim partially decorated in gold inlay with karakusa arabesques; the third mokkō (four-lobed) pierced with a mon (crest) formed as two overlapping squares; the fourth circular, katchūshi (armorer) type, with four graphic piercings representing a daikon; the fifth mokkō, katchūshi type, with three unidentified piercings; the sixth circular, katchūshi type, with five graphic piercings representing an ax; the seventh circular, Heianjō zōgan type with brass inlay perhaps representing a monkey doll and cord; the eighth lacquered leather, mokkō imitating heavily hammered iron, with a rim probably of yamagane (unrefined copper); the ninth lacquered leather, mokkō, plain; the tenth katchūshi type, circular, pierced with waterwheels; the eleventh rounded square, Heianjō zōgan type, with brass inlay of plant designs on each side; the twelfth copper, rounded rectangular, Umetada type, the perimeter on each side finely chiseled with waves, inlaid in gold and silver with dragons, with a shakudō or yamagane rim; the thirteenth circular, Heianjō zōgan type, pierced and inlaid in brass on each side with an undulating line around the rim, a spiral above and below the hitsuana and a melting snow effect to left and right; the fourteenth circular, Heianjō zōgan type, pierced with a floral motif and inlaid in brass with stylized flowers and mon; the fifteenth mokkō, the rim enclosing a second mokkō shape and with four small inome (heart-shaped) piercings; the sixteenth circular, gomoku zōgan type with piercings and inlay of sprinkled brass filings and kiri (paulownia), cherry, and yotsume (four-square) mon; the seventeenth mokkō, Heianjō zōgan type, the surface heavily hammered and with brass inlay of floral crests and tendrils; the eighteenth mokkō, pierced with chōji (clove) motifs and fitted with a yamagane rim; all contained in a brown-lacquered eight-tier jūbako storage box, inscribed Tsuba in red lacquer on the cover (19); with a Tokubetsu Kichō Tōsogu(Especially Precious Sword Fitting) certificate # 1312 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated October 22, 1966 (the twelfth only)
3 3/4in (9.8cm) diameter (the sixth)
All iron except the first, eighth, ninth, and twelfth; the first cruciform, laminated leather, secured by a gilt-copper rim; the second cruciform with a hammered-up rim partially decorated in gold inlay with karakusa arabesques; the third mokkō (four-lobed) pierced with a mon (crest) formed as two overlapping squares; the fourth circular, katchūshi (armorer) type, with four graphic piercings representing a daikon; the fifth mokkō, katchūshi type, with three unidentified piercings; the sixth circular, katchūshi type, with five graphic piercings representing an ax; the seventh circular, Heianjō zōgan type with brass inlay perhaps representing a monkey doll and cord; the eighth lacquered leather, mokkō imitating heavily hammered iron, with a rim probably of yamagane (unrefined copper); the ninth lacquered leather, mokkō, plain; the tenth katchūshi type, circular, pierced with waterwheels; the eleventh rounded square, Heianjō zōgan type, with brass inlay of plant designs on each side; the twelfth copper, rounded rectangular, Umetada type, the perimeter on each side finely chiseled with waves, inlaid in gold and silver with dragons, with a shakudō or yamagane rim; the thirteenth circular, Heianjō zōgan type, pierced and inlaid in brass on each side with an undulating line around the rim, a spiral above and below the hitsuana and a melting snow effect to left and right; the fourteenth circular, Heianjō zōgan type, pierced with a floral motif and inlaid in brass with stylized flowers and mon; the fifteenth mokkō, the rim enclosing a second mokkō shape and with four small inome (heart-shaped) piercings; the sixteenth circular, gomoku zōgan type with piercings and inlay of sprinkled brass filings and kiri (paulownia), cherry, and yotsume (four-square) mon; the seventeenth mokkō, Heianjō zōgan type, the surface heavily hammered and with brass inlay of floral crests and tendrils; the eighteenth mokkō, pierced with chōji (clove) motifs and fitted with a yamagane rim; all contained in a brown-lacquered eight-tier jūbako storage box, inscribed Tsuba in red lacquer on the cover (19); with a Tokubetsu Kichō Tōsogu(Especially Precious Sword Fitting) certificate # 1312 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated October 22, 1966 (the twelfth only)
3 3/4in (9.8cm) diameter (the sixth)
Footnotes
Provenance
Previously sold Christie's, London, June 21, 2001
Maeda Seison Collection, (15 of the group), which were on loan to the Kyoto National Museum