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Sword guard (tsuba) with bamboo and prunus pattern

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.372.1
Type: weapons and armament; metalwork; martial accessory
Date of production:
18th–19th centuries
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Echizen, Japan
Signed: Signed: Echizen jū, Kinai saku / 越前住 記内作 (made by Kinai, residing in Echizen province)
Materials: iron
Techniques: openwork
Dimensions: diameter: 8.2 cm
depth: 0.4 cm
Purchased from Emil Delmár in 1949 (HMI_227/1953)

6 generations of masters from the Kinai school used the same mark.
https://varshavskycollection.com/collection/tsu-0254/
http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/7/10237/10354
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