EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), A group of five soft metal and iron tsuba

A group of five soft metal and iron tsuba
The first signed Nagata Ikkin zo, Edo period (19th century)
A group of five soft metal and iron tsuba comprising: an oval shakudo nanako tsuba with birds flying over a willow tree, the birds inlayed in shakudo; a mokko copper tsuba carved with a heron, the details inlayed in gold and shakudo, with an unidentified seal mark; a mokko shakudo nanako tsuba with various insects with gilt details; a round iron high-rimmed tsuba with bamboo leaves in high relief and sunken silver inlay; a round iron tsuba with a pair of birds perched on a plum tree in high relief with gold and silver
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) diameter approximately each

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