Works

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Tsuba, plum blossom with a square standing on one point with a bud or petal motif at each corner

18th-19th century

iron

Accession no: 865A254
Akao active mid 18th century

Tsuba, predatory fish design

c 1750

iron

Accession no: 865A259
Mitsuhiro

Tsuba, sea-cucumber form with a design of dragons emerging from clouds

19th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 847A76
Kinai active mid 18th century

Tsuba, sea shells design

c 1760

iron

Accession no: 847A68
Tsuba, shippo motif

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 847A66
Tsuba, stamped with seal marks

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 865A227
Toshisada active early 18th century

Tsuba, straw-wrapped rice containers

c 1722

iron

Accession no: 865A224
Tsuba, tea-whisks design

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 847A79
Tsuba, three oak leaves

early 18th century

iron, copper, silver

Accession no: 863A9
Tsuba, three warriors by a river

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 863A27
Tsuba, tiger and bamboo

early 18th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A6
Suruga Takuoki active c.1800

Tsuba, tiger and bamboo design

c 1800

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 865A250
Tsuba, tiger and dragon

early 18th century

iron, gold inlay (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A32
Tsuba, tiger emerging from a cave near a stream

early 18th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A7
Tsuba, top design

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 865A257
Tsuba, tortoise with 'coat' of water-weed, pine, crane and bamboo

early 18th century

iron, gold inlay (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A26
Mitsuharu active 18th - 19th century

Tsuba, twisted bamboo design on the rim with two circles representing the sun and the moon

18th-19th century

iron

Accession no: 865A223
Tsuba, two circles

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 847A70
Tsuba, two cockerels

early 18th century

iron

Accession no: 865A256
Tsuba, two hares by a stream

c 1850

iron, gold and silver

Accession no: 863A19
Naomasa Yanagawa active 18th century

Tsuba, two lions playing among rocks and peony flowers)

18th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 847A80
Japan

Tsuba, two lions, waterfall, rocky landscape, miniature bamboo, peony in flower

c 1730

iron, gold, silver inlay

Accession no: 847A82
Tsuba, two mandarin ducks, water lilies and willow tree

early 18th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A33
Tsuba, two oxen joined by rope halters and linked by their tails

early 18th century

iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)

Accession no: 863A5
Masachika active mid-19th century

Tsuba, two quail and peonies

c 1830

iron, gold

Accession no: 863A11