NihontoWatchNihontoWatchEarly Edo With Hozon Tosogu Kanteisho Published in Token Bijutsu (September issue, Heisei 20) Length 77.2 Width 72.2 Thickness at seppa-dai 3.2 Mimi 6.5 Brass ishime-ji mokko-gata, takabori, zogan iroe, shiho inome sukashi, okesoko kikumon horikomi mimi, ryohitsukana (shakudo ume) Regarding Kyo Shoami, in contrast to the Ko-Shoami of the Muromachi to Momoyama periods, works thought to have been made in Kyoto from the Momoyama to early Edo periods are called Kyo Shoami. It is a tsuba with a truly Kyoto-like elegant design, featuring mandarin ducks playing by the water on the omote and a snowy heron on the ura. The birds are zogan with gold, silver, shakudo, and suaka, the water flow is silver sen-zogan, and the mimi is inlaid with chrysanthemum crests; it is a tsuba that makes one feel a calm Kyoto miyabi. In a kiri box
Certificate reading — 無銘（京正阿弥）
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Nippon
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Iron-tsuba · Yamashiro
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