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Ōnin ten-zōgan tsuba. Muromachi period.

Iron tsuba of round form decorated with inlay of four concentric rows of brass dots or nail heads (ten-zōgan) and a circular brass wire inlay inside the innermost row of dots. Copper sekigane.

Muromachi period, 15th or 16th century. Unsigned.

Ōnin school.

Size: 87.9 x 87.8 x 2.2 mm.

Ōnin school got its name from the Ōnin War (応仁の乱 – Ōnin no Ran) – a civil war that lasted 10 years (1467–1477) during the Muromachi period in Japan.

SKU: TSU-0322 Categories: ,

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