Three Soft-Metal Tsuba
The First Signed Kimura Yoshihisa, Edo Period
The first of sentoku in the form of a dragon in the round; the second mokko-shaped patinated brass deeply cast with dragons and Buddhist symbols with peonies and vines on the reverse; the last rounded shaukdo etched with random shapes and applied with Tokugawa mon in shakudo and gilt, each in a wooden box (3)
6.1 cm., 6.8 cm. and 8.4 cm.