#1112 JP SAMURAI SWORD -Butterfly & Dragonfly- TSUBA

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#1112 JP SAMURAI SWORD -Butterfly & Dragonfly- TSUBA

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Sold Date: 02/04/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

#1112 JP SAMURAI SWORD -Butterfly & Dragonfly- TSUBA

Item: Tsuba for Wakizashi

The Kakugata iron Tsuba is decorated with beautiful Takabori carving and copper inlay and KinIroe, with a cycard and flying butterfly and dragonfly's motif.

Attachment: a wooden box

Condition / Damage : very good / little rusty, and the gilding has been partly worn

Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item.

Basic Terms about Japanese Antique

Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Tachi (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword),

PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (sheath), Fuchikashira & Menuki (ornamental parts for hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (knife), Kogai (portable comb), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover)

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 dimpling surface like fish roe)

CARVING (-bori): Takabori (high relief carving), Kebori (fine line carving), Katakiribori (carving with a cross section like "|/"), Katabori (carving with real form)

OPENWORK (-sukashi) : Sukashi (inlay), Kosukashi (small openwork), Jisukashi (positive design openwork)

COLORING : KinIroe (gold coating), KinMekki/Tokin (gilding), Makie (gold[silver] lacquer), Takamakie (raised lacquerwork), Kawarinuri (fancy lacquer)

SIZE : sori (curvature), Nakago-Ana (center cut-out for blade), Nakago: (tang), Ho (point of the sword ~ edge notch)

PERIOD : early Edo (17c), mid Edo (18c), late Edo (1800-1867), Meiji (1868-1911), Taisho (1912-25), Showa (1926-88)

Size (cm): 6.7 x 5.8 x 0.4, nakago-ana 2.4

Weight (g): 99 (with box: 162)

Age: late Edo

Shipping Cost(EMS)

(with Packing weight)

Asia (exclude-Middle East): US$11.00

North/Central America & Oceania & Mid East: US$15.00

Europe (include-Russia): US$18.00

South America & Africa: US$20.00

Shipping Insurance --- included (EMS only)

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