Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (????) dated 1868 (Kei? 4, 5th month) Kansai One side of the plate is engraved to resemble running water, the side onto which a large shakud? carp has been inlaid via suemon-z?gan, and seaweed via kinz?gan. The reverse has a polished finish and shows at the bottom left a yellow water-lily (k?hone) and towards the right the name of artist, Kansai, in prominent seal script characters highlighted in gold nunome-z?gan. The rim is undercut and interpreted as dote-mimi. According to tradition, Kansai (??, 1841-1918) was a student of the eighth and
Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (????) dated 1868 (Kei? 4, 5th month) Kansai One side of the plate is engraved to resemble running water, the side onto which a large shakud? carp has been inlaid via suemon-z?gan, and seaweed via kinz?gan. The reverse has a polished finish and shows at the bottom left a yellow water-lily (k?hone) and towards the right the name of artist, Kansai, in prominent seal script characters highlighted in gold nunome-z?gan. The rim is undercut and interpreted as dote-mimi. According to tradition, Kansai (??, 1841-1918) was a student of the eighth and last master of the Iwamoto (??) Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (????). Japanese. dated 1868 (Kei? 4, 5th month). Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakud?). Sword Furniture-Tsuba
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