Sword guard (Tsuba) With Cherry Blossom Motif (桜図与四郎象嵌鐔) 17th century Japanese This Yoshirō style iron tsuba shows on both sides a brass inlay (shinchū-zōgan) of cherry blossoms embedded into arabesques. The arrangement of the design suggests that the two openings for scabbard accessories (hitsu-ana) are orignal and were not added later as it is so often the case. In addition, there is almost no loss of inlay and so this tsuba is in excellent Sword guard (Tsuba) With Cherry Blossom Motif (桜図与四郎象嵌鐔) 29979

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