#1110 JP Samurai Sword Seki-Shin Wakizashi Tsuba

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#1110 JP Samurai Sword Seki-Shin Wakizashi Tsuba Item: Tsuba for Wakizashi The octagonal iron Tsuba is decorated with Ke-bori carving, on Migaki-ji, design of Kanji " Seki-Shin" ( means true mind ), signed Bushu-ju Masanao. Masanao is one of the greatest craftman of Ito school, lived in Edo Kanda, around late Edo. Great forged, Graet Bushu-ito, perefect reserved. Attachment: a wooden box Condition : very good Damage : No major damaged ; a little rusty Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item. Basic Terms of Japanese Antique Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Daito (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover) PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (scabbard), Fuchi & kashira & Menuki (ornamental metal fittings of a hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (sword's attachment: a handy knife), Kogai (sword's attachment: portable comb) Shape (-gata): Mokkogata (four lobed shape), Kakugata (square shape), Kikugata (chrysanthemum shape) MATERIAL : Shakudo (copper-gold alloy), Suaka (pure copper), Shibuichi (copper-silver(quarter or more) alloy) SURFACE (-ji): Migakiji (smooth surface), Mokumeji (surface like the grain of wood), Ishimeji (surface like the grain of stone), Tsuchimeji (hammer marks surface), Nanakoji (raised read more