tsuba - oriental objects

Japanese Wakizashi with iron tsuba of the Edo period

Japanese Katana iron tsuba, black bound sharkskin. Hilt with gilt menuki, blackened bronze fittings, with some gilt. Black lacquered wood scabbard

Japanese Wakasashi plain copper tsuba, bound grips with some wear to sharkskin, leather bound wartime scabbard

Japanese Katana ornate gilt tsuba with wave design, bound sharkskin hilt with gilt wave menuki, ray skin covered scabbard with brass fittings. Maker Suke Kane, c. 1837

Japanese bronze tsuba, Edo period (1615 - 1868). Diameter 7.2 cm

An antique Japanese Wakazashi sword, matching fuchi, kashira and rayskin grip with menuki, tsuba and kozuka. Rubbed lacquer saya. Blade needs attention. Length 64 cm

An early iron tsuba, Edo period (1600-1868) 8.5 x 8 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba with gold inlay with a boy on a buffalo, Edo period (1600-1868) 8 x 7.5 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba decorated with figures, Edo period (1600-1868) 9 x 8.5 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba, Edo period (1600-1868) 7.5 x 7 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba decorated with birds and turtles, Edo period (1600-1868) 6.5 x 6 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba, Edo period (1600-1868) 8 x 7.5 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba, Edo period (1600-1868) 7.5 x 7 cm

A good, Japanese iron tsuba decorated with a shi-shi with silver and gilt, Edo period (1600-1868) 7.5 x 7 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba decorated with a shi-shi and flowers, Edo period (1600-1868) silver and gilt inlay 8.5 x 8 cm

A, Japanese iron tsuba with silver inlay

A gold lacquer kogo of mokko form (tsuba shape), late Edo, the bright kinji ground worked in gold hiramaki-e and kirigani, with thatched buildings and boats on the banks of a lake, mount Fuji rising in the distance worked in silver hiramaki-e, 8 cm x 8 cm