Tachi kanagushi tsuba, Muromachi

[Marius]

A yamagane tsuba with remnants of gilding. Muromachi/Momoyama, such a guard would be typically attributed to tachi kanagushi. Whatever the attribution, this is a nice and old soft metal tsuba. The colour of the yamagane is brown and very nice.

 

I will post the dimensions later, but this is a rather thick wakizashi-sized tsuba. The colour of

 

If you want to see a similarly gilded tsuba, there is one (# 38) in "Gai Sô Shi - The Robert E. Haynes Study Collection of Japanese sword fittings" (excellent book, BTW). I post a picture here.

 

$250 (EUR 240) incl. Global Express shipping (w. tracking). PayPal costs extra, for EUR a bank transfer is preferred.

 

 

[Marius]

Dimensions:

6.6 x 6.5 x 0.4 cm

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HOLD