Collection from the turn of the Century

[Stephen]

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-Japanese-sword-guards-1916

[Spartancrest]

Stephen - I did the complete illustrated edition of the Georg Oeder collection back in 2017 it has been on the book market since then, with 213 illustrated tsuba and a collection of 48 tsuba from the Baron of Biegeleben a minister of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria [whose assassination caused the outbreak of WWI] All translated from the original German into English. The link to the public domain photos has only 45 in total, but it is a good primer for the collection - all of which has 'gone missing' since the Russians took Berlin in 1945. This was the main reason I did the book, in hopes that someone might recognize any still existing pieces.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Japanese-Decoration-ornament-collection-Dusseldorf/dp/1364114488

https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/Japanese-sword-guards-and-decoration-and-ornament-in-the-collection-of-georg-oeder-of-dusseldorf-1916-by-d-r-raisbeck-9781364114480

https://www.booktopia.com.au/Japanese-sword-guards-decoration-and-ornament-in-the-collection-of-georg-oeder-of-dusseldorf-1916-georg-oeder/book/9781389339271.html

https://www.ebay.com/p/240673898

https://www.abebooks.com/9781389339271/Japanese-Sword-guards-Decoration-ornament-1389339270/plp

[Steves87]

$22 from Amazon is a bargain, jump on it asap