Crossguard tsuba, Sunagawa, Masayoshi, / personal slogans / artist, Sunagawa, school, Japanese art, Japanese culture, Edo 1603–1868, weapons, melee weapons, swords, katana, sword crossguard, pine trees, bamboos. Round tsuba tatemaru gata with one side hole katahitsu ana, massive rectangular edge kaku mimi closing an openwork positive composition depicting a spreading pine tree with bamboo growing from its thick trunk, marked with a few leaves. Seppa dai oval; the kozuka hitsu ana hole is woven into the decorative motif, although clearly visible. Signed. 1st half of the 19th century Edo period, Japan. Tsuba; height 7.75 cm, width 7.4 cm, thickness 0.5 cm., A round dark gray metal object with a circular outer rim and an openwork interior showing sculpted cloudlike shapes and tree-like forms, including a stylized trunk and branches; the metal has a slightly rough, weathered texture with lighter gray highlights and small areas of wear; a small patch of bright gold color appears near the c...
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Crossguard tsuba, Sunagawa, Masayoshi, / personal slogans / artist, Sunagawa, school, Japanese art, Japanese culture, Edo 1603–1868, weapons, melee weapons, swords, katana, sword crossguard, pine trees, bamboos. Round tsuba tatemaru gata with one side hole katahitsu ana, massive rectangular edge kaku mimi closing an openwork positive composition depicting a spreading pine tree with bamboo growing from its thick trunk, marked with a few leaves. Seppa dai oval; the kozuka hitsu ana hole is woven into the decorative motif, although clearly visible. Signed. 1st half of the 19th century Edo period, Japan. Tsuba; height 7.75 cm, width 7.4 cm, thickness 0.5 cm., A round dark gray metal object with a circular outer rim and an openwork interior showing sculpted cloudlike shapes and tree-like forms, including a stylized trunk and branches; the metal has a slightly rough, weathered texture with lighter gray highlights and small areas of wear; a small patch of bright gold color appears near the center against the dark metal; the background is a smooth pale gray.

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Crossguard tsuba Sunagawa Masayoshi personal slogans artist school Japanese art Japanese culture Edo 1603–1868 weapons melee weapons swords katana sword crossguard pine trees bamboos Round tsuba tatemaru gata side hole katahitsu ana massive rectangular edge kaku mimi closing openwork positive composition depicting spreading pine tree bamboo growing thick trunk marked leaves Seppa dai oval kozuka hitsu ana hole woven decorative motif visible Signed 1st half 19th century Edo period Japan Tsuba height 7.75 cm width 7.4 cm thickness 0.5 cm round dark gray metal object circular outer rim openwork interior showing sculpted cloudlike shapes tree- forms stylized trunk branches slightly rough weathered texture lighter gray highlights small areas wear small patch bright gold color near center dark metal background smooth pale gray.

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