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Art Gallery

A small gallery of the Japanese fine art and antiques previously sold to customers. Click on video to view and each item for more details.

Copper-Silver Alloy (shibuichi) Sword Handguard with Extensive Gold Inlays

This is a handguard (tsuba) is made of the finest copper-silver alloy (shibuichi). It was made to fit a Japanese long sword (katana). The openwork design is of finely decorated hand drum ringed by six flowers with the very fine details of pine trees in mist inlaid in gold. The composition and workmanship are all characteristic of goldsmiths (kinkō) employed by the lord of Kaga Province. The handguard likely dates from the mid to late Edo Period circa the 18th to mid-19th centuries.

Very Large Antique Handguard Openwork Handguard (Tsuba)

This is a very large antique Japanese sword handguard (tsuba) made of very well forged iron. The bold openwork design is that of many peddled Chrysanthemum flower. The craftsmanship of this handguard is magnificent. It has been apprised by the highly regarded Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings (NTB) to be the work of an armorsmith (katchushi) during the early Edo Period circa the early to mid-1600s.

Accessory Knife Handle (Kozuka)

This is an antique accessory knife handle (kozuka) made of the copper-gold alloy (shakudō) or a long sword (katana). It has a large gold (kin) inlay of three dragons with a soft golden color high above the fine fish roe textured surface (nanako-ji). The knife handle is likely the work of the Mino Kinkō School during the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to the early Edo Period approximately between 1568-1670 CE.