Product No. TSU-3108 無銘(江戸肥後) | |
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Design | Paulownia and Phoenix |
Mei | Mumei, but appraised as the Edo-higo School |
Material | Iron with gold overlay |
Shape | Tatemaru, round |
Region | Edo, Musashi Province |
Era | Late Edo Period |
Box | Paulownia wood |
Height | 7.9 cm (3.1 in) |
Width | 7.2 cm (2.8 in) |
Thickness | 0.4 cm (0.2 in) |
Status | Hozon Tosogu |
Certification Date | April 01, 2025 |
Price |
80,000 JPY |
Edo Higo [江戸肥後] tsuba featuring a paulownia and phoenix design. Edo Higo refers to works popularized by Kumagai Yoshiyuki [熊谷義之], a craftsman from Sendai employed by the Hosokawa family of the Higo domain during the late Edo period, who studied Higo metalwork in Yotsuya, Edo. Characterized by gold and silver nunome-zogan overlay and large hitsu-ana holes on the right and left. It passed the Hozon Tosogu shinsa in 2025. |