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Item No. TSU-2907 無銘
Design Waves
Mei Mumei
Material Iron with brass inlay
Era Mid Edo Province
Box Paulownia wood
Size
Height
5.42 cm (2.13 in)
Width
4.66 cm (1.83 in)
Thickness
0.33 cm (0.13 in)
Price Sold
Other Info
The waves never stop coming and going, and as an auspicious motif, they represent eternity, immortality, longevity, birth, and so on, as well as eternal peace. This tsuba features a surface with waves carved into it using sukidashi-kebori techniques, brass drops inlay pattern with splashes of water and a Yoshiro-style brass inlay pattern with Dote-mimi rim.