Hand guard, Rounded square tsuba with plum blossoms stylized on both sides in circles (mon?) Amidst inlays tendrils, the ryo-hitu are filled with bronze with a stylized floral pattern on one side and a spiraling line on the other, signed 'yama-shiro kuni ju yoshinaga saku', Yoshinaga, Japan, 1600 - 1699, Momoyama-period (1573-1615) / Edo-period (1600-1868), iron (metal), bronze (metal), silver (metal), h cm × w cm
Hand guard, Rounded square tsuba with plum blossoms stylized on both sides in circles (mon?) Amidst inlays tendrils, the ryo-hitu are filled with bronze with a stylized floral pattern on one side and a spiraling line on the other, signed 'yama-shiro kuni ju yoshinaga saku', Yoshinaga, Japan, 1600 - 1699, Momoyama-period (1573-1615) / Edo-period (1600-1868), iron (metal), bronze (metal), silver (metal), h cm × w cm
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