AKASAKA
(Tadashige)


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Provenance:   Robert E. Haynes
    Elliott Long
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"Iron ground round cherry blossom design openwork tsuba, unsigned, Akasaka, double hitsu-ana, round rim, in paulownia box. Comes with a certificate of preservation sword fittings from the Japan Art Sword Preservation Association. A magnificent Akasaka tsuba with a sophisticated design.

On page 42 of the "Tokyo National Museum Illustration Catalog - Tsuba Edition", a tsuba made by Tadashige with a similar design is featured.
Akasaka Tadashige is a pupil of the 5th Tadashige. He is a master craftsman who is praised as one of the best among Akasaka tsuba craftsmen from the mid-Edo period onwards. It is thought to be the work of Tadashige without a signature, or even an earlier work, but the details are unknown." (Long)


7.93cm x 7.70cm x 0.50cm

  
  
  
  

Attribution by NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Mumei Akasaka


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