Product No. TSU-2907 無銘 | |
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Design | Waves |
Mei | Mumei |
Material | Iron with brass inlay |
Shape | Mokko Hamidashi |
Era | Mid Edo Period |
Box | Paulownia wood |
Height | 5.4 cm (2.1 in) |
Width | 4.7 cm (1.9 in) |
Thickness | 0.3 cm (0.1 in) |
Price |
40,000 JPY |
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. |