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Item No. TSU-3038 無銘(美濃後藤・光善寺)
Design Paulownia Crests, Phoenix and Chrysanthemums
Mei Mumei, but probably the Mino-goto or Kozenji Tradition
Material Shakudo wtih gold, silver and copper gilding
Region Owari province
Era Late Edo period
Box Paulownia wood
Size
Height
6.51 cm (2.56 in)
Width
5.86 cm (2.31 in)
Thickness
0.33 cm (0.13 in)
Price 60,000 JPY Buy Now
Other Info
The style of this tsuba is similar to the Mino-bori tradition, and they were decorated with beautiful gold-colored gildings and intricate carvings of flowers, birds, and autumn insects. They were a group that lived within Kozenji Temple in Nagoya, Owari Province in the late Edo period and formed a school, but they did not have any signed works, and are known as the Mino Goto or Kozenji school.