Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Clams (蛤図鐔) 19th century Japanese This tsuba shows at the bottom right of the obverse five shakudō clams (Japanese: hamaguri) and gold highlights that allude to sand. The reverse only shows a flush shakudō hira-zōgan element which bears the inscription "Tōu" (東雨). The remainder of the plate is undecorated and the rim is finished to represent a Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Clams (蛤図鐔) 25707

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