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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2026 | Bonhams | New York | Fine Japanese & Korean Art | 1028 | $****** - ****** | Five Mixed-Metal Tsuba (Hand Guards) |
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7.6 cm (3 in)
mixed metals including shibuichi, shakudō, gold, silver, copper
signed Shōami; signed Kibōdō Naosuke; signed Ryokuchikuan Toshinao with a kaō
FIVE MIXED-METAL TSUBA (HAND GUARDS)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Comprising a small, oval shibuichi migakiji tsuba inlaid in gold, silver, copper, and shakudō with two men looking up at a large umbrella, signed Shōami ;
an oval shibuichi migakiji tsuba chiseled and inlaid in gold, shakudō , and copper with priest Saigyō riding past Mount Fuji;
an almost circular shakudō ishimeji tsuba chiseled with waves and inlaid in gold with birds;
an oval shibuichi migakiji tsuba chiseled in shishiaibori and relief and with details in gold and silver depicting a samurai beneath a flowering cherry tree by a gate, signed Kibōdō Naosuke ;
and an almost circular shibuichi migakiji tsuba chiseled in relief and with details in gold, shakudō , and copper perhaps depicting Endō Morito (Monk Mongaku) apprehended by a demon at the Nachi Waterfall, signed Ryokuchikuan Toshinao with a kaō (Haynes 10497)
3in (7.6cm) high, the largest (5).
