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HIGO HACHINOKI
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HIGO HACHINOKI
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| Provenance: Robert E. Haynes Elliott D. Long |
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"The theme of this tsuba is Hachinoki; Pine Tree, Plum Tree, Cherry Blossom. These three trees in combination refer to a Noh Play. There is a story during the Kamakura Period, a samurai asked to stay at the home of a poor person during a heavy snow storm. The home owner was an old man who welcomed the samurai. But he was so poor he had no wood for the fire. To make the samurai warm, he threw his 3 Bonsai trees (pine, plum, and cherry tree) into the fire. The poor old man said he was ready to go to battle if so called. The samurai was a top-rank samurai named Houjo Tokiyori, of the Kamakura Bakufu. Later when the old man met the samurai again in Kamakura, the samurai was grateful for his kindness and granted the old man land of his own. Though unsigned, this tsuba has been attributed to the Higo Tradition. The craftsmanship shows a likeness to the Nishigaki school, Nishigaki Kanshiro II. NBTHK Certification dated October 10, 2023. Hozon Tosogu." (Haynes & Long) 8.00cm x 7.50cm x 0.50cm |
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