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Ōnin suemon-zōgan tsuba with design of foliage and family crests. Muromachi period.

Iron tsuba of round form decorated with chrysanthemums, pine cones and needles, pampas grass, vines, cherry blossoms, and wild geese in brass inlay (suemon-zōgan) and pierced with designs of water clover (denjiso) and half bellflower (or karahana) to the left and to the right of nakago-ana as well as double bars above and below nakago-ana (possibly with the meaning of number 2 or ordinal 2nd). Most probably the sukashi elements here are the family crests (mon).

Unsigned.

Ōnin school.

Muromachi period; 15th or 16th century.

Height: 82.1 mm; Width: 80.9 mm; Thickness at seppa-dai: 2.4 mm

NBTHK # 2003827: Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu Kanteisho (特別保存刀装具鑑定書) – “Extraordinarily Worthy of Preservation”.

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