NihontoWatchNihontoWatchIt is said that Yagyu tsuba were produced under the guidance of Yagyu Renyasai Toshikane, who was the instructor to Tokugawa Mitsutomo, the second lord of the Owari Domain, and it is said that these tsuba were only granted to those who had been initiated into the secrets of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, making them tsuba that Owari Domain retainers yearned for during the Edo period. Many of the motifs allude to martial arts, the shapes are slightly small with a thick kasane, the iron quality is often somewhat grainy, and they feature kaku-mimi koniku with streak-like tekkotsu appearing on the mimi. This work is also small with a thick kasane and layers appearing on the mimi, resulting in a typical Yagyu tsuba workmanship.
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Iron-tsuba · Owari
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