Description
SIX TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All iron except the third; the first circular, chiselled in relief with the Yatsuhashi (Eight-Stage Bridge) and irises; the second rounded rectangular, chiselled in katakiribori with a shishi (Chinese mythical lion) on one side and peonies on the other,...