#4165 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD signed Naoyuki Tanto TSUBA
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Due to four consecutive holidays (May 3 - 6), we cannot reply to your inquiry in this period. #4165 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD signed Naoyuki Tanto TSUBA Item: Tsuba for Tanto The oval copper Tsuba is decorated with Nikubori carving and gold inlay on Ishimeji plate, design of a Daruma (Bodhidharma, who is the founder of Zen Buddhism), signed Naoyuki (Hamano school; family name is Hamano; ranked as a "Syunko" (exellent craftsman)). The carving is very nice, and the bronze plate has the patina of age. Attachment: a wooden box Condition : perfect Damage : no major damage 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
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